Born in Newport, Rhode Isalnd, she studied at the Artists and Artisans Institute. At the Shinnecock Summer School of Art on Long Island she studied with Charles Hawthorne, Walter Shirlaw and William Merritt Chase. She made several trips to Europe and had a studio in Paris. She was listed as portrait painter, wood-block printer, lecturer, teacher, and writer. In New York, she was President, 1921-25, of the National Association of Women Artists and provided leadership for its permanent quarters at 17 East 62nd Street. In 1940, she became the Director of the Tarrytown, New York, Art Center.