 She then attended the Boston Cooking School, graduating in 1886.Along with being a member of the School Committee of the City of Boston she held teaching positions in several nearby schools, such as the North Bennett Street Industrial School in Boston, the School of Domestic Science in Boston, the YWCA in Boston, Lasell Seminary in Auburndale, and the Robinson Female Seminary in Exeter, New Hampshire.She then went on to become the Director of the Summer School of Domestic Science in Chautauqua, N.Y., and following that she became a lecturer at the Teacher's College of Columbia University.