She was an at-large member of the Bond Commission and Chair of the Senate Select Committee on Women and Children.
[5] She supported, along with Senator Don Cravins Sr., legislation to extend legal employment protection to homosexuals and lesbians.
Family Circle Magazine featured Irons for her work to reduce the rate of teenage pregnancy.
[8] A lifelong New Orleanian, Irons graduated from Booker T. Washington Senior High School in New Orleans, with honors.
She achieved her educational success despite her impoverished background and situation as a teenage single parent.