[1] She then attended Bryn Mawr College, studying international law with Charles G. Fenwick, and completing an M.A.
[1] She took a position as an instructor at the H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College of Tulane University, remaining there for six years, and in 1942 she moved to Mount Holyoke.
[3] In 1962, she published the book International regional organizations: Constitutional foundations, which was an edited collection of the constitutional documents of those regional associations of countries which proliferated after World War II.
[4] In addition to her research, Lawson was particularly involved in organizational activity, including founding and running a United Nations Institute at Mount Holyoke, and creating and managing a Washington internship program for Mount Holyoke Students.
[5] In 1989, Mount Holyoke College endowed the Ruth C. Lawson Chair in International Politics.