[6] Richards lived at home until she undertook nurse training at The London Hospital between 1891 and 1893, under Eva Luckes.
[5] She was one of twenty-seven military matrons who served in the First World War and who trained under Eva Luckes, including Sarah Oram, Maud McCarthy and Ethel Becher.
[3] Richards was awarded the Royal Red Cross in July 1915 and appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire by 1941.
[14][15] After her retirement in 1919, Richards moved back to Nottinghamshire and in 1939 was living with her younger sister, Lily, in West Bridgford.
[16] Richards died on 18 September 1944, and left her estate to her sister Lily.