In 1902, she was working at the Manitoba Free Press (now the Winnipeg Free Press), when American Alpine Club president, Charles Fay, proposed to establish a Canadian chapter of the American club. Amidst nationalistic ideals, she wrote scathing criticism of the idea, and instead helped to establish the Alpine Club of Canada as an independent Canadian mountaineering organization.
In 1902, she was employed by the Manitoba Free Press (now the Winnipeg Free Press) when Charles Fay proposed to establish a Canadian chapter of the American Alpine Club. She opposed this idea and instead helped to establish the Alpine Club of Canada as an independent Canadian mountaineering organization.