For her writing, Jensen was honored with the Drachmannlegatet in 1930, the Tagea Brandt Rejselegat in 1935, and with the Holberg Medal in 1940.

She was awarded the Royal Medal of Recompense in 1949 and was inducted as a member of the Order of the Dannebrog in 1954.

[2][3] She wrote about erotic and social themes and fought for women's rights.

[4] In 1924 she founded Foreningen for Seksuel Oplysning (English: the Organization for Sexual Awareness) which worked with Jonathan Leunbach to perform abortions.

She was personally against abortion, but felt that women needed to have a choice and was highly criticized for this belief.