[1] She and her husband, Harry P. Hodges, moved to Victoria, British Columbia, in 1916 due to him needing a dry climate for recovery for his tuberculosis.

[4] Along with her passion for the paper, she was involved in the Victoria Business and Professional Women's Club, where she became a charter member, and later President.

[5] Hodges first ran for office in the 1937 election in the multi-member riding of Victoria City, as a member of the Liberal Party.

[2] Other ideas included bettering medical services and insurance, protection of single women, and compensation benefits for the working class.

[1] Hodges' principles occasionally led her to work across party lines with the other women in the legislature (Tilly Rolston, Conservative; Dorothy Steeves, Laura Jamieson, Grace MacInnis, CCF) to promote women's issues; in one instance, Hodges and the other women convinced the government to buy seven Emily Carr paintings before she was nationally renowned, making the purchase a bargain upon Carr's recognition.

She attended a public meeting conference for the United Nations in 1945 for International Peace in San Francisco.

Shortly after, in 1953, she was appointed to the Senate of Canada representing the senatorial division of Victoria, British Columbia, and served until her resignation in 1965.