[1] She took a leading part in the organization of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Madison, Wisconsin, serving four times as its elected president.

In Louisiana, she held the position of superintendent of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) and matron in the New Orleans University.

There, by teaching a part of the time, she supplemented the small salary received by her husband and added many valuable books to their library.

Removing to Madison, Wisconsin, she was persuaded to take a leading part in organizing the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church in that city.

Many societies were organized and hundreds of young people took the pledge of abstinence from intoxicating drink, tobacco and profanity.