She was a co-founder, along with Horace James Caulkins, of Pewabic Pottery, a form of ceramic art used to make architectural tiles.

[1] Stratton was born in Hancock, Michigan, in the Upper Peninsula and later moved with her family to Ann Arbor, following the death of her father, and from there to the Detroit area, when she was in her early teens.

[2][3] New York architects McKim, Meade & White asked her to create the tiles for the roof garden of the Hotel Pennsylvania.

In 1947, she received the highest award in the American ceramic field, namely the Charles Fergus Binns Medal.

[6] Today Pewabic Pottery offers classes, workshops, lectures, and internships for potters of all ages.