Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mumakore ekuma1930, Sonia akafukidza zviitiko zvikuru kusanganisira kusimuka kwaAdolf Hitler nehondo yeFrance zvichitevera kudzoka kwake kuEurope. Muna 1940, akadzokera kuUnited States pashure pokunge hondo yapera muna 1940
. Muna 1942, akasarudzwa kuva purezidhendi weNew York Newspaper Women's Club. Akabvumirwa semunyori wehondo weUnited States gare gare mugore uye akatumirwa kuFar East kunyorera nyaya dzezvematongerwo enyika muChina-Burma-India Theatre. Jean Lyons we"Chinese News Bureau" akabatira somutungamiriri wechikwata achiita basa apo iye akanga asipo.