She was the author of Nursery Ethics, 1895, 1899; From the Child's Standpoint, 1859; Southern Hearts (short stories), 1901; and The Children's Health, 1901.
[3][2] Winterburn was educated in private schools and by private tutors in Washington, D.C. She graduated from a seminary for young ladies, and afterward took a two year course at College of Elocution and Acting at Washington, graduating with a B. E. A.. She then devoted twelve years to the study of Herbert Spencer's synthetic philosophy and was a student of psychology, heredity, as well as the theory and practice of education.
[2] In 1893, in New York City, she married George W. Winterburn (died Nov. 18, 1911), physician, editor, and writer.
Winterburn was an essayist, and a writer of short stories for magazines, which were collected in a volume, Southern Hearts.
She was also the author of Nursery Ethics; The Child’s Standpoint; The Children's Health; as well as Vacation Hints.