[1] After receiving her bachelor's degree, she taught high school and college for a short term, including at Gilbert Academy in New Orleans.

Her dissertation, "Studies of One Parameter Subgroups of Certain Topological and Matrix Groups," was supervised by George Yuri Rainich.

[1] Since 1999, the Mathematics Department at the University of Michigan has hosted the Marjorie Lee Browne Colloquium, which annually brings a speaker "to present a talk that highlights their research but also addresses the issue of diversity in the sciences.

Notable students included Joseph Battle, William Fletcher, Asamoah Nkwanta, and Nathan Simms.

[1] While discrimination against African Americans and women was significant during Browne's early career, she was recognized for her achievements in education and mathematics.