[5] She danced at the Moulin Rouge,[6] modeled for artists,[7] and did a boxing act with another American performer, Aurelia Wheedlin (or Wheeldin).

[13] Maitland moved back to the United States in 1926,[14] lived in New York City,[2] and continued performing as a "boxeuse".

[15] She appeared (often with Wheedlin) in clubs,[16] in vaudeville[17] and on the New York stage in black revues,[18] including Messin' Around (1929),[19][20] Change Your Luck (1930),[21][22] and Fast and Furious (1931).

[4][27] Maitland donated her papers and souvenirs to the Schomburg Collection at the New York Public Library, in 1943.

[7] In 2015, Maitland's former home in Oak Bluffs became a stop on the African American Heritage Trail of Martha’s Vineyard.