[1][2] After leaving China, Beeby would throughout her career assist Chinese nurses with helping them obtain scholarships, textbooks, and medical equipment.

[2] Beeby also served on the board of directors of the American Bureau for Medical Aid to China (ABMAC).

[1][2] While at Columbia, she began her long association with The American Journal of Nursing, becoming part-time assistant news editor in 1934.

[1][2] One of her colleagues wrote: "During her early years with the Journal, her "nose for news" directed her, almost instinctively, to any meeting, whether local, state, or national, related to programs of maternal and child health.

In 1945, she spent two months as a foreign correspondent reporting on nurses in Europe during World War II.

The award citation stated "Through clinical and classroom teaching, and through your editorial work [...] you have continued to stimulate improvement in standards of nursing practice in this and other countries.