She was Dean of Women at Kent State Normal College, and in the University of Wisconsin system.

[3] Bayliss taught education courses and was Dean of Women at Kent State Normal College.

[3][5] In 1931, during the last years of Prohibition, she testified that she was unaware of any drinking "on the part of young ladies" at Wisconsin, which drew some mocking disbelief from faculty colleagues and the student newspaper.

[3] "Dean Bayliss's widely known lively humor and sense of fair play endeared her to students and colleagues alike," recalled a Wisconsin newspaper in 1955.

[3] A cooperative women's dormitory at the University of Wisconsin named for Bayliss opened in 1955,[14] and remains in operation as of 2023.