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A Charleston native, she lived and worked during a time when Black and White children were segregated in schools. In 1908, after teaching in Kanawha County, she founded the teacher-training department at West Virginia Colored Institute (now West Virginia State University). After her husband's death in 1925, she became superintendent of the State Industrial Home for Colored Girls, insisting that bars be removed from the home's windows before accepting the position. In 1935, she became director of adult education for Kanawha County schools and later served as dean of women at the National Trade and Professional School in Washington, even acting as its president at age 89.
