An organizer of one of the first social clubs in the city, The Lotus Club, established in 1896; she was also a founder of the Biddeford High School Alumni Association and directed amateur theater productions for the high school and other local groups. She was a noted supporter of Biddeford’s McArthur Library when it was founded in 1902 and served as a trustee for the Dyer Library in Saco. She also was secretary for the York County Red Cross and worked to support the Wardwell Home, a retirement home for impoverished women in Saco.
