 In the mid-20s, she purchased land on which the Eliza Miller High School, the first black high school in the area, was built. She also served on the board of Arkansas Baptist College in Little Rock. She died in 1938. She was inducted into the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame in 1999, and the state legislature honored her with a resolution in 2003, the same year a documentary on her life was released. To learn more, visit encyclopediaofarkansas.net.