 She was a leading member of the Primrose League, known for being the first British political group to give women a prominent role.At first she disliked the group, as she disapproved of its co-founder Lord Randolph Churchill and believed its medieval influences were silly and absurd; she also disapproved of the idea that women could be public in political life and give speeches.But she eventually joined the group after realising its Conservative connections would help her husband's career.