She, and her husband, were elected to St Pancras Borough Council in 1945, serving until 1959. She was also elected to the London County Council in 1946, representing St Pancras North, and continued to served on its successor, the Greater London Council. She served as a member of the Stevenage Development Corporation (Stevenage became a new town following the New Towns Act 1946) from 1950. She became its chair and a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1966, continuing as chair until the Corporation was dissolved in 1980.