She led the Federated Association of Australian Housewives and sat on a royal commission on housing law.

[1] In parallel she had served her articles in the practise of the lawyer and minister James Whiteside McCay allowing her to be the fifth woman to be admitted to the bar in Victoria.

She emigrated to the UK to join her war injured husband, Lieutenant "Rex" Hain in 1916.

She continued in her interest in women's rights and in 1952 she became the President of the Victoria branch of the Federated Association of Australian Housewives.

She went on to lead the national organisation for six years[1] trying to improve the lot for Australia's housewives and pressurising manufacturers and government to keep the price of basic foods low.