Her work, "Foxhunt",[1] was entered in the music event in the art competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

[3] Reynolds-Lewis dedicated her 1919 composition, "Cradle Song", to artist and musician George Hyde Pownall.

[5] Born in South Yarra, Victoria on 13 November 1881,[2] Ruby Reynolds-Lewis was the only daughter of Philip Edward and Mary Emmeline Reynolds.

[6][7] In November 1901 she married Thomas Griffith Lewis at St Luke's, South Melbourne.

[8] Her husband died in 1920, leaving her to provide for their four children, Hilary, Tom, and twins Valmai and Valerie.