She was the author of Wayside Leaves, 1879; Wind Flowers, 1887; Flowers from Foreign Fields, 1895; The Value of the Church, 1898; Thirteen Temperance Theses and Two Trilogies, 1901;[1] as well as Ways to win, 1904; Daily ideas and ideals, 1930; and Along the way; poems, 1938.

[3] On their return to Massachusetts, when Smith was eleven years old, her education was continued in the South Egremont Academy, where she afterward taught, in the High and Normal Schools of Westfield (1866), and in Charles F. Dowd's Seminary, later known as Temple Grove Seminary, of Saratoga Springs, New York.

After returning to the United States, they settled in Hudson, New York, where Dr. Smith practiced medicine.

In 1879, she collected some of her productions and published them in a volume entitled Wayside Leaves (New York City).

[5] Her subsequent productions included Flowers from Foreign Fields, 1895; The Value of the Church, 1898; and Thirteen Temperance Theses and Two Trilogies, 1901.