[3] She earned a master's degree from Howard in 1934,[4] with a thesis titled "A study of the rate of adjustment in migrant students to the elementary schools of the District of Columbia at the several grade levels as measured by scores made on standardized reading tests" (1934).

[7] She also helped to organize Epsilon Sigma Iota, a sorority for Black women in the legal profession.

"[9][10] As a young woman, Skinker was known in Washington as an athlete in multiple sports; she swam competitively, played on a YWCA basketball team,[11][12][13] and was the Black women's tennis champion in the city.

[4] She was a teacher and a principal at several schools in the city, including Reno, Smothers Elementary, and Stevens.

[15] Malone organized an early program for physically disabled students, which developed into the Sharpe Health School.