[1][2] Together with Enrico Cappucci, she lobbied for extension of time covered to compensate employees injured in industrial accidents.
[3] She served then as executive secretary of the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission until her retirement in 1965.
[4] Donovan was born in East Boston on October 2, 1895.
She was married to Timothy F. Donovan, a state representative and Boston City Councilor who died in 1933.
Donovan died on October 23, 1987, at St. Elizabeth's Hospital.