She was an advocate and campaigner for disabled children and those with learning difficulties and in 1918 became the first female councillor in Somerset.

She was an advocate for better services for people with learning difficulties.

She was very concerned about the lack of proper schools for disabled children and the shortage of housing for people with learning difficulties.

[3] She served as the chair of the statutory mental deficiency committee and a key member of the Somerset Association for Mental Welfare (SAMW).

[4] The Norah Fry Research Centre in the University of Bristol is named after her,[5] as was a hospital in Shepton Mallet.