Rice wrote several books, including Tales of the Pioneer Mothers of California (1904), Popular Studies of California Wild Flowers (1920, with Roland Rice and illustrator Myrtle Hill McQuarrie), The Women of Our Valley (2 volumes, 1955, 1956), The Builders of Our Valley (1957), and the introduction to a photography book about Stanford University. She also wrote a column on flowers for the Oakland Tribune, was society editor for the San Jose Mercury, and contributed articles for national periodicals including the Sierra Club Bulletin, The Volta Review and Overland Monthly.
