[2] She received her Bachelor of Science degree from Columbia University in 1914.

[1] As part of her graduate work at the University of Virginia, in 1917-1918, she did parallax observations for Prof. Samuel Alfred Mitchell at the McCormick Observatory.

[1] She was the Dean of Women at Bryn Athyn College from 1943 to 1958 and also headed the astronomy department.

[1][3] She organized the Bryn Athyn team for Operation Moonwatch[3] explaining: "I wanted to do something practical for the International Geophysical Year.

"[4][5] She was a member of the Rittenhouse Astronomical Society from 1935 to 1959, serving as its secretary 1950-1951.