Both of her parents were immigrants from Germany; her father was president of a tannery,[1] and her mother was a founding member of the Visiting Nurses Association in Glastonbury.

[4] She was co-author of Anatomy and physiology laboratory manual and study guide (1939, 1943, 1948), with Barry Griffith King; the textbook went through several editions in the 1940s.

[5][6][7] During World War II, she was director of nursing education at the Institute of Living, a psychiatric facility in Hartford.

[4][8] She was assistant executive secretary of the American Nurses Association's Professional Counseling and Placement Service from 1945 to 1953, based at ANA's headquarters in Maryland.

[14] In retirement, she was active with the Visiting Nurses Association, the Women's Board of Hartford Seminary, and the Campfire Girls.