Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A cikin 1940s da 1950s, Puryear ya kasance ma'aikacin zamantakewa a Newark, New Jersey. An naɗa ta a matsayin mai hidima a cikin Cocin AME. Ta yi magana a majami'u da kuma majami'u na kasa da na yanki. Ta kasance mataimakiyar wakili a taron kasa na Jam'iyyar Republican na 1948
daga New Jersey. A cikin 1962, ta kasance Dean na Mata a Florida A & M State College. A cikin 1967, har yanzu tana aiki tare da Alpha Kappa Alpha, a matsayin shugaban ƙungiyar "'yan matan" Negro heritage project ". A cikin 1970, ta taimaka wajen ƙaddamar da "ɗakin karatu na baƙar fata" a Pearl Street YWCA a Nashville, Tennessee.