She received her degrees from Georgetown College and the University of Louisville School of Law and began working for the state in 1938 as a filing clerk in the Department of Revenue.
She ran for the United States House of Representatives in 1978 but dropped out of the race in favor of Larry Hopkins.
[5] 1n 1979 she won the Republican nomination to again run for state auditor but lost in the general election to James B.
[6] In 1980 she won the Republican nomination for the United States Senate race but lost in the general election to Wendell Ford.
As a CPA, she worked with Bittner and Clark in San Francisco, United States Steel Corporation in New Albany, and Humphrey Robinson and Company in Louisville.