 From 1893 until 1905 she held the salaried position of secretary of the Manchester National Society for Women’s Suffrage.Roper is credited with re-energising the organisation’s work which had lacked direction since the death of previous secretary Lydia Becker.Roper broadened the scope of the MNSWS votes for women campaign, steering the focus away from securing the interests of middle-class women, to actively seeking out the involvement of working-class women as petition signatories and speakers for the cause.