[3] While at the Minto club, she was coached by Otto Gold and skated with Barbara Scott.

[4] Parkins had a request to turn professional, and while she was considering it, she began working on the switchboard at Gowlings in 1941.

Her father died during that time, and in 1942, she married a young lawyer from the firm: Gordon Henderson.

[1][5][6] Ian Scott referred to him as "the best all-around lawyer the profession has produced since the War.

[1][5] She was on the board of various organizations, including Skate Canada, Selkirk Communications, the Ottawa Civic Hospital, and the Stratford Festival.