After graduating and completing her articles at Melbourne law firms, she answered an advertisement by Pat OToole and came to Tatura to practise law. 베티의 여동생 클라리스가 타투라에서 교편을 잡고 있었기 때문에 베티의 전원 생활이 시작되었습니다. Betty married Jim Curtis and they farmed for many years.