Ware taught social science at Sarah Lawrence College from 1935–1937, and was an associate professor at American University from 1936–1940. In 1936 she published with her husband "The Modern Economy in Action". Furthermore, she was a lecturer at the American University School of Social Sciences and Public Affairs from 1940–1954, and a professor at the Howard University School of Social Work from 1945-1961. Ware was a member of the American Association of University Women and from 1939-1945 served on the Association's Committee on Social Studies. She worked with the Association to establish a consumer agency in the federal government.