She is notable particularly for her contributions to performance art, which reflected her passion for social change[1] and were displayed in such diverse places as public libraries and Greenham Common.

She took an active role in mounting collective initiatives such as Feministo: Representations of the Artist as Housewife,[3][4] a 1977 women's postal art event, and Fenix, a 1978–1980 touring project.

[5][6] In 1980, she co-founded Sister Seven, a distribution network for poster art and shows held in churches, libraries, peace camps, and on the street.

Launched by Ross in 2008, the thirty articles were intended to be delivered in sixty instalments to mark the sixtieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

[6] In 2014, the year following her death, a digital archive of Ross's work from the 1970s through 2013 was acquired by the British Library, which described her as "one of the most significant feminist artists and distinguished educators of her generation".