 She designed costumes for the Dave Doran Memorial Committee modern dance performance, which served as a fundraiser for Communist Party trade union director Dave Doran, who died in combat as the youngest commander in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade.She also designed costumes for a musical called "A Song About America", which depicted the Boston Tea Party, the Steel strike of 1919 and other revolutionary American moments.Despite a few experiments, she would not pursue costume design beyond 1939.