[1] Sargent was a key figure in the founding and early years of The Craftsman, a leading American Arts and Crafts magazine published by Gustav Stickley.
[1][3][4][5] Her writing in The Craftsman did a great deal to shape public understanding of the American Arts and Crafts aesthetic and contributed enormously to the magazine's success.
[3] She wrote on such subjects as John Ruskin, William Morris, the Gothic Revival, textile design, medieval silversmiths, and American art pottery.
[3] Sargent contributed articles on fine arts to two encyclopedias, A Cyclopaedia of Education and the Lincoln Library of Essential Information.
[1][3][4] In 1926, the American Institute of Architects awarded her an honorary membership in recognition of her contributions to scholarship in architecture and related fields, only the second woman in AIA history to receive this honor.