[1] She also authored several publications based on Buddhist and Sinhala cultural themes, including Poya Days in 1924.
[2] She is recognised as an important figure in the pre-independence Buddhist revival in Sri Lanka and a pioneer in female education in the country.
In Germany, she studied languages, art and music, after she completed her education, she became a "Frau Professor.
[5] Her husband died a few years after their marriage, and Higgins went to Ceylon to join Colonel Henry Steel Olcott.
Responding to the inaction of the Buddhist Theosophical Society, a group of women's organised the Buddhist Women's Educational Society and established four schools, amongst which was the Sangamitta Girls' School in Maradana, for which Higgins was invited to be the principal.