She played an important part in the activism for the introduction of women's suffrage in Malta.
[3] She wrote: "The right of women to vote and to stand as Parliamentary candidates was legally recognised in England and America as a result of the excellence of women's work during the Great War of 1914-1918.
To-day after nearly four and a half years of war, women in Malta are becoming conscious that they have earned the same civic recognition".
[4] Women's suffrage and the right to be elected to political office were included in the MacMichael Constitution, which was finally introduced on 5 September 1947.
After the approval of the reform in parliament, Josephine Burns de Bono resigned from her post as President of the Women of Malta Association with the statement that the purpose of the organization had now been achieved.