Mary Frances Billington

[5] Some of her journalism during this job included diving underwater in full gear at the Royal Navy Exhibition, and covering the funeral of Alfred, Lord Tennyson at Westminster Abbey.

[7][8] During World War I, Billington reported from France, and published two more books of her columns, this time focusing on women's wartime work: The Red Cross in War: Women's Part in the Relief of Suffering (1914) and The Roll Call of Serving Women: A Record of Woman's Work for Combatants and Sufferers in the Great War (1915).

"[9] Billington was one of the founders and president of the Society for Women Journalists from 1913 to 1920, and served on the executive council of the Cowdray Club.

[10] She served as the only woman delegate to the 1920 Imperial Press Congress when it was held in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

[11] Mary Frances Billington died at home in London in 1925, a week short of her 63rd birthday.