Kammala wannan jumla: An haifi Ketcham a ranar 16 ga Yuli, 1838 ga iyayen Josiah Burton da Eliza Freeman Burton, majagaba a Grand Rapids. Ketcham ta kammala karatu daga Kwalejin Saint Mark, Kwalejin Henrietta da makarantar Mary B. Allen ga 'yan mata. A lokacin da yake da shekaru goma sha biyar, Ketcham ya zama malami kuma ta auri dan uwanta Augustus Canfield Norton a Grand Rapids a ranar 2 ga Oktoba, 1861. Bayan mutuwarsa, ta auri Smith G. Ketcham. Ta fara shiga cikin motsi na mata a 1873. Ta sadu da Susan B. Anthony lokacin da take zaune a Rochester, kuma ta kulla abota mai dorewa da ita a shekarun 1890. A 1893 Ketcham ya yi magana a cikin
Ginin Mata a Gidan Duniya na Chicago. A ranar 27 ga Afrilu, 1899, Ƙungiyar Mata ta Ƙungiyar Mata ta Ƙasar ta gudanar da taron shekara-shekara a Grand Rapids, Michigan a kan buƙatar Ketcham, kawai lokacin da za a gudanar da taron a Michigan. Ketcham ya kasance mai zurfi tare da Ƙungiyar Ƙungiyar Mata ta Grand Rapids, Ƙungiyar Ƙungiyar Siyasa ta Siyasa, Ƙungiyar Susan B. Anthony, Ƙungiyar Ƙungiyar Mata da Ƙungiyar Mata da Yara. Wani memba na kungiyar Michigan Equal Suffrage Association, za ta yi aiki a matsayin shugabanta daga 1892-1893, kuma a 1900. Ta mutu a ranar 13 ga Janairu, 1907 a Detroit, Michigan.