 There, she again became active in the LWV, eventually becoming the Phoenix Chapter Secretary.Burgess was elected to the Heard Museum's Secretary to the Board of Directors, a position that eventually led to her founding of the Phoenix Art Council, which in turn granted her membership in the Phoenix Art Museum.In 1939, Burgess married Richard Burgess, who at the time was a certified public accountant and held a managing partnership at the Alexander Grant Company.