Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I nga tau 1940 me te 1950, he kaimahi hapori a Puryear i Newark, New Jersey. I whakatapua ia hei minita i roto i te AME Church. I korero ia i nga hahi me nga huihuinga hahi a motu me te rohe. Ko ia te kaitohutohu whakakapi ki te
1948 Republican National Convention mai i New Jersey. I te tau 1962, ko ia te Dean o nga Wahine i Florida A & M State College. I te tau 1967, kei te kaha tonu ia ki a Alpha Kappa Alpha, hei upoko mo te kaupapa "Negro heritage project" o te sorority. I te tau 1970, i awhina ia ki te whakarewa i tetahi "pukapuka panui ahurea pango" i te Pearl Street YWCA i Nashville, Tennessee.