[3] A dormitory at UT Austin, a public park, and a rose, have all been named for her (see Death and Legacy).
[5] She earned honors in mathematics, German, French and history, and became a member of Phi Beta Kappa in 1904, as soon as a chapter was established at the university.
[4] She traveled over 2,200 miles roundtrip by train during each of nine summers to earn her master's degree in German and French from the University of Chicago, graduating in 1906.
[9][10] In 1910 she published a book of poetry, Rough Rider Rhymes, and became the poet laureate of the Texas Women's Press Association.
[12] In 1918, after 35 years of teaching at UT Austin, she resigned, citing disillusionment with Germany during World War I.
[15] The Briscoe Center for American History Manuscripts at UT Austin houses her archive.