Upon completing her education, she joined the United States Army as a nurse in 1918, but was discharged due to poor eyesight after two years of service.

Elizabeth then spent three years in schools across America teaching blind children, before moving to Guangzhou, China in 1933 to pursue missionary work.

[2] World War II disrupted Elizabeth's missionary work in Asia, causing her to flee or relocate several times.

Prior to the break out of the Second Sino-Japanese War, Elizabeth fled in 1938 from Guangzhou to Hong Kong.

Elizabeth died on December 12, 1971, and was buried in Happy Valley on Hong Kong Island.