 She had been typist, editor and business manager, and had solicited and canvassed the district for subscribers, because she wasn't able to hire any one to do it for her.Beginning the work at the age of 17, she fought the boycotters and Alliance opponents and overcome the southern prejudice against women using their intelligence in the business world.After working for two years, she went to Baltimore, Maryland, where she studied for two years in the Notre Dame school.