[7] Under her tenure, the county's residents gained improved access to clean water, preschool, vocational classes, bedside classes for disabled students, library services, hot school lunches, sports and arts as extracurricular activities, and high school programs.

"I have faith," she wrote, "that people of the state can by intelligent cooperation develop our natural and human resources.

She added health, safety, and drivers' education curricula to the state's schools, supported teacher tenure, minimum wage, and retirement benefits,[8] and emphasized aviation industry skills in vocational training, during and after World War II.

[4] She lost a re-election bid to Nettie Freed in 1946, part of a Republican sweep of most state-level offices in Colorado.

She was an active member of the Colorado Child Welfare Board, the Colorado Congress of Parents and Teachers, the American Association of University Women, the General Federation of Women's Clubs, and the Daughters of the American Revolution.

[4][16][17] Colorado College holds a collection of her papers, including correspondence and scrapbooks.