She would later return to school as the first female graduate student in political science at The Johns Hopkins University.

[1] During her one term in office, she helped pass the Marriage Bill[1] and introduced legislation for unemployment insurance.

[2] In 1936, she left her post at the Maryland League of Women Voters and was appointed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt to the Social Security Administration, where she served until her retirement in 1966.

She first acted as an educational representative, traveling the country to speak at college campuses and women's boards, but was soon promoted to Chief of Field Operations.

[1] In 1942, she was appointed Director of Region III, and in 1951, she became Assistant to the Commissioner of Social Security in charge of staff development.