From 1864 to 1867 she was co-principal of the Oread Collegiate Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts. She then moved to Boston, where she secured in 1870 the unusual position of pastor's assistant under the Reverend George C. Lorimer of the Shawmut Avenue Baptist Church and later of the Tremont Temple.
From 1864 to 1867, she was co-principal of the Oread Collegiate Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts. Later, she relocated to Boston where she secured an unusual position as a pastor's assistant under Reverend George C. Lorimer at the Shawmut Avenue Baptist Church and later at the Tremont Temple.