In 1893 she was elected to the WSL presidency, in the same year she founded the Australasian Home Reading Union, the Union was a program to promote induction by organising small study groups in rural areas.
In 1893 she was elected to the WSL presidency, the Union was a program to promote induction by organising small study groups in rural areas. This was in the same year. She founded the Australasian Home Reading Union the same year.