[3] She supported Lou Alta Melton and Hilda Counts in creating the American Society of Women Engineers and Architects in 1919.
[6] In 1926 Eaves started working for McGraw-Hill in New York City for the Engineering News-Record (ENR) Department.
In 1929, Eaves originated and compiled the first national inventory of municipal and industrial sewage disposal facilities.
[1] She retired in 1963 but continued practicing as an adviser to the National Commission on Urban Affairs on the subject of housing costs.
Eaves was honoured with the Fellow award at the 1980 Society of Women Engineers National Convention (Conference) in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, having been a member of the organisation since 1950.