 She has held a Fulbright Scholarship and an Imperial Relations Trust Fellowship.She taught at Avonside Girls' High School from 1952 to 1959, and in 1960 became Dean of Christchurch Teachers' College.From 1968 to 1974 she was Vice-Principal of the Teachers College and in 1975 became Associate Director of Christchurch Polytechnic, a position she held until her retirement in 1984.