She participated in the art projects for the New Deal's Section of Painting and Sculpture creating the post office mural for Newton, Mississippi, and a collection of her watercolors was held at the Carville Marine Hospital.

[2] Prior to her marriage, Ross had begun working as a New Deal artist and had won a commission.

[2][4] That same year, her watercolor "Children's Sunday" was selected for an exhibit at the Whitney Museum of American Art.

[7] Boggs divorced Franklin in 1958 and later married Hugh Townley, who had left Beloit for Boston University.

[9] A review of Another Look!, a 1978 curriculum-kit of art textbooks for younger children and their teachers, gives some insight into Mary Ross Townley's concern with imparting the fundamentals of art and the development of visual awareness by a structured, sequenced programme of work, building on itself.