[2][3][4] During World War II, Gallinger and her second husband ran a weaving studio and loom factory in Guernsey, Pennsylvania, near Gettysburg.

[11][12][13] The Coral Gables Library and the Weavers Guild of South Florida held a retrospective show of Tod's work in 1981.

[3] Books by Tod included Basket Pioneering (1933, with Daniel Carter Beard),[14][15] Earth Basketry (1933),[16] Embroidery in Wools (1933),[17] The Game of Weaving (1938, with Constance Darrow and Dorothy McCloud),[18] Joys of Handweaving (1944),[19] Rug Weaving for Everyone (1952),[20] Designing and Making Handwoven Rugs (1957),[21] Bobbin Lace: Step-by-Step (1969),[22] Household Baskets (1970),[23] Basketry: A Popular Handbook, Wool Stitchery,[24] Manual of Helpful Hints for Handweavers (1974), and Weaving with Reeds and Fibers (1975, with Oscar H.

"[3] Artist Dorothy Gill Barnes described Osma Gallinger Tod as a helpful influence.

[27] Osma Palmer married three times; her first husband was fellow artist Frank Byron Couch.