Her mother was in the Country Women’s Association of New South Wales and Withers was taken to meetings at Nyngan.
In 1939 she joined a new section of the South Australia organisation to appeal to women who could not attend regular meetings because if their remote locations.
[1] She rose to be President of the South Australian Country Women’s Association from 1944 to 1947 at a time when there were moves to establish a national CWA organisation.
Helena Catherine Marfell of Victoria was the first President of the National Country Women's Association.
[5] Withers was the next President in 1946[3] because South Australia was then taking the lead for another year until Bertha Chatto St George Smith of NSW took over.