 After a brief stint in private practice in Washington, D.C., she served as a civilian attorney at Subic Bay Naval Station from 1954 to 1956, and as an attorney for the Federal Communications Commission from 1953 to 1960.Aldrich returned to private practice in Darien, Connecticut, from 1961 to 1968.In 1965, she argued for the plaintiff in "United Church of Christ v. Federal Communications Commission", which established a private party's standing, before the Federal Communications Commission, to intervene in license renewal proceedings.