Career
She was a practicing parliamentarian and consultant to national and international professional and business organizations. She taught at Stanford University and the University of California. After her death, the American Institute of Parliamentarians took over the preparation of new revisions to the Standard Code.
Her name was removed from the title of the book at that time, but she remains listed as an author of the current edition
The book is the parliamentary authority for many organizations, especially in the fields of medicine, education, and libraries. 1st edition, Sturgis Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure, 1950
2nd edition, Sturgis Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure, 1966
3rd edition HB, Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure, 1988
3rd edition PB, The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure, 1993
4th edition, The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure, 2001
1st edition, American Institute of Parliamentarians Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure, 2012.