After completing her graduate work at Oxford University in 1894-1895, she returned to the U.S. where she taught 4 years in Boston at St. Margaret's and Miss Hersey's School for Girls. In 1899, she returned to Cleveland and began her long involvement with voluntary civic and women's organizations.
Upon finishing her postgraduate studies at Oxford University in 1894-1895, she relocated to the U.S., where she spent four years instructing young girls at St. Margaret's and Miss Hersey's School in Boston. Two years later, in 1899, she returned to Cleveland and became deeply involved with local civic and women's groups.