[3] Gibson was chosen as a delegate to represent South Australia at the conference organised by the International Council of Women in Edinburgh in 1938.

[10] She was a member and office bearer of the Adelaide Women Graduates’ Association, the Adelaide University Graduates’ Association, the SA Chapter of the Australian College of Education, Florence Nightingale Committee for Nursing Scholarships and the Churchill Fellowship Selection Committee (SA).

[11] Gibson was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1953 Coronation Honours for "service to the National Council of Women".

[12] She was promoted to Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1970 Queen's Birthday Honours for "services in advancing the interests of Australian women".

[1] In 1974 she was honoured with a bronze sundial, installed outside the Adelaide Festival Centre on King William Road.