She studied pharmacy at Howard University for two years (1920-1922), and earned a Colorado teaching certificate in 1924.

She created many of the school's athletic opportunities for women students, including organized team sports.

[4][9] Livingston wrote For Unborn Children, a short play about interracial marriage and lynching.

[12] "Although controversial in nature, the play presents a forum for discussing an issue that continues to haunt our society," note the editors of a recent complication of African-American dramas.

[4] There is a Myrtle Smith Livingston Park, with tennis courts, on the campus of Lincoln University.