[1] She was educated at the Nashville school her father founded and ran, Ward Seminary,[2] with further art studies in Paris and Rome.

[6] In 1896 she designed the large two-story Woman's Building at the Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition,[7][8] modeled on Andrew Jackson's Nashville home, the Hermitage.

[1] "Her plans for the Woman's Building were selected by the judges without a dissenting voice," according to a report at the time.

[15] While staying at the Battle Creek Sanitarium for health reasons in 1913, she painted a mural and decorative panels in the institution's lobby and parlors.

[19] She and her sister, Mrs. John DeWitt, hosted meetings of the Ward Seminary alumnae association, and both served as officers in the organization.