She was married to fellow artist William Sergeant Kendall, and was a subject in many of his paintings.

The couple married in early 1896 and had three daughters, Elisabeth, Beatrice, and Alison, born between 1896 and 1907.

[2][3] The couple lived in the West Side of Manhattan from 1897 until 1906, when they moved to Barrytown, New York.

[1][4] In April 1915, Kendall published an essay in The Atlantic titled "A Personal Reflection on the Cost of Living.

[7] The following year, Sergeant Kendall married painter Christine Herter, who had been his student at Yale.