[1] She lectured on Persian rugs, wrote articles of various topics under a masculine pseudonym, and even composed a march.

Her art studies were carried on in Charleston, under E. Whittock McDowell, and in New York City under James Carroll Beckwith and Harry Siddons Mowbray.

[4] She studied drawing, painting and modeling under William Merritt Chase, Frank DuMond, Irving Ramsey Wiles, and others at Art Students League of New York, New York School of Art and in European galleries, as well as being a pupil of Theodora Thayer and Alice Beckington.

She was interested in handicrafts, weaving, hammered brass, illuminated leather, tapestry and in all lines of interior decoration.

She wrote both prose and poetry for magazines, her writings appeared over the pen name "Louis Hammond Willis."

[7] Snead composed approximately 20 songs and a march that was orchestrated by Victor Herbert and played by Patrick Gilmore's Band.

[5] Snead made her home at 1 Wilson Avenue, Murray Hill, Flushing, Long Island, New York.