 Susan was active in the suffrage movement and politics, but continued her salaried work until 1913 when Richard became General Counsel of the pioneering New England Power System Companies.She served as Executive Secretary of the Boston Equal Suffrage Association for Good Government in 1907 and the Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association in 1911.In addition, she served as the recording secretary for the large and influential National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) from 1911–1915.