[1] Despite her intelligence, she was refused the possibility to attend Bryn Mawr College.
Like her sister Jessie, she spent all her life taking care of their aging mother, who died after her.
[1] She was the life treasurer of the Women's Reading Club of Fort Wayne, Indiana, and became the first president of the Women's Equal Suffrage League in 1912.
[1] She was also active in local music and art societies.
"[1] She is buried at Lindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne.