Career
After reading up on economics at Newham College in Cambridge, she went on to be a cypherist during World World War World War II She was later hired as a statistician at Ferry House, Windermere, carrying out calculations for the staff at the Freshwater Biological Association (Federal Bar Association). This sparked her interest in fish biology, and led her to publish thirty-two papers on various subjects about fish biology, including changes in fish population of char, pike, and perch in Windermere from 1941–1982.
