 She was also the first woman elected to the Council of the Geological Society of America (in 1924; no other woman was elected for more than two decades).She was the first female officer of the Geological Society of America, and in 1930 became the second Vice-President.After receiving her B.A in 1884, she started her college teaching career at the Hampton School of Negroes and American Indians (currently known as Hampton University), working there for a year before going back to University of Wisconsin for her master's .