She was a journalist and bestselling author. She attended Austin State Teachers College and Texas Christian University where she received her Master's degree. She began her journalism career in Ft. Worth, Texas at the Ft. Worth Press. She was women's editor and columnist for the Press from 1925 to 1954. In 1965 she was elected and served on the Ft. Worth City Council from April 6, 1965 to April 24, 1967 in District 4, the first woman to serve on the council. She wrote and had published six books. Her first book, ‘All The Women of the Bible', was published in 1955 by Harper & Row and became a best seller. When the paperback edition was published in 1988, the book was in its 3rd edition, 4th printing. Following her initial book she continued to write on biblical subjects, ‘Great Women of the Christian Faith' (1959), ‘Family Living in the Bible' (1963), ‘The Bible's Legacy for Womanhood' (1970), ‘All the Bible's Men of Hope' (1974), and ‘Wisdom From Women in the Bible' (1978). Five of her books were Christian Herald Family Bookshelf selections. Sales of her six books were published in several editions and several languages, and exceeded two million copies. In 1963 she was named a National Headliner, the top award given by Theta Sigma Phi, now Women in Communications. She was a member of the Texas Institute of Letters and the first Texas Commission on the Status of Women and was the Altrusa Club's First Lady of Ft. Worth and the Zonta Club's executive woman of the year. The Women's Civic Club Council named her a distinguished senior citizen of Ft. Worth. In 1960 she was presented the Brotherhood Citation by the National Conference of Christians and Jews. She lectured nationwide, speaking to such groups as the United States Conference of Mayors and the National Council of Churches. Following the death of her husband she donated the couple's 4000-book library to the Texas Christian University Library and Archives. Included in the collection were twenty-nine years of her daily columns, book manuscripts, speeches, and personal correspondence with John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. and Lady Bird Johnson, Hubert Humphrey, Jim Wright and John B. Connally.