She was in charge of a shelter for girls during World War One and became the first female to be elected as a Labour Councillor in Leicester.
[5] Though he initially strongly objected to his daughter's conversion, Henry Fortey consented to allowing her to enter the Church after a two-year waiting period.
[4] Fortey attended Clifton High School, before studying University College Bristol from 1892 to 1893.
[9] Another notable project of Fortey's was her research with Russian Vladimir Markownikoff, where she demonstrated that the cyclohexane fractions of crude oil from three geographical areas (American, Galician, and Caucasian) were not only the same, but also matched synthetic cyclohexane.
The data generated by Fortey and Tilden contributed to the conclusion that no alcohol hydrates can be formed above 0 °C.
[10] Below is a partial list of Fortey's publications, which include 14 articles and multiple shorter notes.