[5] After her bachelor's studies, Thorp worked on the writing staff of The Independent, a New York City newspaper led by Hamilton Holt.
In October 1917, the American Fund for French Wounded supported her trip to France across the Atlantic on the SS Rochambeau.
After arriving in France, she served as the editor of The Weekly Bulletin issued by the Fund in cooperation with the American Red Cross.
[2] Following her return to the United States, Thorp served as the director of publicity and as an assistant professor of English at Smith College from 1921 to 1929.
[6] She also penned articles for Scribner's Magazine, The Christian Science Monitor, The New York Evening Post, and Smith Alumnae Quarterly.