[3] After graduating from Case Western Reserve University in 1910, she was involved with the Cleveland Play House.
Originally acting in minor roles in plays, the director recommended she join the upcoming marionette troupe in which she did and that was the start of her puppetry career.
The theater performed in schools, hospitals, clubs, and other venues around the United States.
[5] In 1938, she became the director of puppet productions of Cain Park Theater in Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
[2] Due to the United States involvement in WW2, her career as a puppeteer went on hiatus as many members of her troupe were drafted.
During this hiatus, she worked in a bullet factory and as a copywriter for Fuller, Smith, and Ross advertising firm.
[8] The New York Public Library holds documents including Joseph's correspondence, unfinished works, and notes ranging from 1917 to 1959.
Notable correspondents including Ernest Bloch, Genevieve Taggard, and Ivo Puhonny.