[2] She obtained a teaching certificate in 1925 and was hired at a junior schoolhouse in the remote village of Amulet, Saskatchewan, where she worked from January 1926 to December 1927.
Living through the drought and unemployment of the Depression in Saskatchewan, those of us in our twenties passionately debated the pros and cons of socialism, communism, fascism and democracy, searching for answers to why more than a million Canadians could not find a job.
Bob MacRae, Arnold's editor, informed her in a letter in 1936 that: "Only a fraction of our readers get het up about economics and foreign policy… they are more concerned with love, food, the movies, clothes and family affairs.
[5] Arnold recalled that her bosses from the Canadian Press told her: "The boys in the London Bureau will look after the political and military stuff."
When she reached Bordeaux, the British Embassy told Arnold in no uncertain terms to leave the country.
Once in London, Arnold relayed her experience fleeing France, calling the British and Canadian people to action:[7] And today, looking upon this heaven after 10 days of agony, seeing buses circulating normally and people going about their Sunday occupations I couldn't help thinking – heaven, yes, but for how long?
I wanted to shout to everyone I saw here: "For God's sake wake up, every man and woman, and turn England into a fortress so that what I have seen in those two weeks may never happen here.
After the war, Arnold transferred to the French Embassy in Ottawa, where she headed the information service until her retirement in 1971.