A student of creeds, she studied ancient and modern philosophy, science, theosophy, and the works of deep thinkers of all ages, not for diversion, but to find truth.

There were approximately 150 daily and weekly papers reporting "Sunshine" news and Heald was appointed the leader in Maine of the York.

In a letter to the Journal the president-general, Cynthia Westover Alden, wrote:—[1] "With your energetic president, Mrs. Heald, of Portland, the State is becoming thoroughly organized.

There are now two thousand and sixty-six well-organized Sunshine branches reporting regularly..."Heald was for five years the president of the Beecher Club, whose study was evolution.

She was on the executive board of many of the well-known Portland, Maine associations, including the Women's Literary Union.

She was also a member of the Elizabeth Wadsworth Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution,[5] Equal Suffrage Club, Women's Council, and the Prison Committee Portland Fresh Air Society.

Mark Langdon Hill, of Phippsburg, Maine, one of the early settlers, a prominent and wealthy man in his day.