 She was the first woman to become a member of a local New York City school board, being elected in 1922 to local School Board No.15, where she served until 1939.She was also involved in a variety of civic activities and belonged to several organizations, including the New York Urban League, where she was secretary of the executive board, the Council of Negro Women, where she served as treasurer, and the executive boards of the Harlem Community Council and the Colored Women's Democratic League, of which she was the first president.