[2] In 1904 she began her singing career in London, where she was discovered by James Cassius Williamson, an American impresario who wanted her to tour in Australia in February and March of the following year.

The American soprano Elizabeth Parkina was the star, and Gordon was the contralto with Whitworth Mitton as the tenor.

[citation needed] She appeared in A Country Girl and toured with the company that year,[2] impressing admirers with her acting.

[1] They returned to her Welsh birthplace where she and Alexander married in the September, witnessed by her sister as bridesmaid and by her mariner father Captain Thomas.

She lost her hearing[1] but continued in her public life, helping to raise money during the Second World War.