The Chicago Times-Herald did a profile of Ford in November and it was echoed widely through December. Calling her "a woman of wide intellectuality" there is no mention of her husband's publicity or divorce. It simply refers to "unexpected circumstance which suddenly necessitate the caring for and education of her children ... dropping of the financial burden upon her slender shoulders". It credits her with over 800 talks and across many major cities(though not a detailed accounting) and having given lectures in German and French in addition to English. Another article, and her talk before the Hull House, noted she "... for three consecutive years has come before the club, each time with something new in itself, or, if old, made new by the happy, infectious personality of the speaker. ... " Now in November, talks continued with Ford among a free series. She was profiled on her sense of being guided in some decisions like coming to Chicago. In the interview she spoke of dreaming about the "conference of the World's Unity league" at Lake Geneva with a figure that told her to go. Late in November she was again profiled, noting she was "abolishing all class distinction within her household" having gone from perhaps an anarchist view to a libertarian socialism view - "At all events, I believe in sowing the good seed whenever possible. ... " Then she spoke before the Englewood Woman's club, then in a week she was profiled in Trenton, New Jersey, and spoke before the Arché club back in Chicago, and contributed to a benefit reception.*
