 She married salesman Norman William Furley on 14 February 1931 at Roseville; they would be childless.She was officer-in-charge of sugar rationing in New South Wales from 1942 to 1945 and was also active in the Council for Women in War Work, the National Council of Women and the Food for Britain Fund, as well as superintendent of the Mosman National Emergency Services.She joined the Liberal Democratic Party in 1943 but, along with most of the LDP, joined the Liberal Party in 1945.