Minnie used her musical talents to run the Woodstock School of Music for two decades. She became interested in womens rights and politics and would become the 1st woman candidate in a federal election in New Brunswick. She attempted to run as an independent candidate in a federal by-election ...
She opened her own studio in Toronto and served as corresponding secretary for the Toronto Art Students' League. About 1900 she relocated for the summer to Woodstock, New York, U.S.A. for the summer studying at the Art Students' League of New York. In 1909 she married Toronto artist, ...