In 1905, Fox graduated from Vassar College before studying at the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) She married architect, banker and landscape artist Mortimer J.

[2] During her adult life, she lived in Bedford, New York on a 20-acre property named High Low Farm.

In 1949, she translated French naturalist and missionary, Abbe David's journals from his trip to China in 1866 to 1869.

[2] In 1934, Fox helped design and guide the herb garden at The Cloisters in Manhattan.

She had served on the board of the Bellevue Hospital School of Nursing and was active in the adult education program of the Westchester County Home Bureau.