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Known for Music as a Language: Lectures to Music Students, this early 20th-century writer focused on music teaching and the place of music in school life. In that book, she presents a series of lectures aimed at students and teachers, with special attention to ear training, sight-singing, voice work, and the wider value of musical study.

Project Gutenberg's record for the book identifies her as headmistress of Kensington High School, suggesting that her ideas grew out of direct experience in education as well as musical training. Her writing makes a clear case that music is not an optional extra, but an important way for students to develop expression, discipline, and understanding.

Although little biographical information is easy to confirm today, her surviving work still gives a strong sense of her approach: practical, serious about standards, and deeply convinced that music belongs at the heart of education.