She was graduated from Vassar College with the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1888, holding the position of vice-president of the entire student body and president of the Art Club at the time of her graduation. Miss Poppenheim made a special study of American History at Vassar College under the direction of Professor Lucy Salmon. Miss Poppenheim organized the Historical Department of the South Carolina Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and was historian from 1899-1905, resigning to become state president of the South Carolina Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, which office she
held from 1905-1907 (limit of term). When historian of the South Carolina Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy she was one of the compilers and editors of "South Carolina Women in the Confederacy," 2 vols., published by the South Carolina Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy in 1903 and 1907. Miss Poppenheim was historian of the Charleston Chapter of the United Division of the Confederacy for three years, and was also a member of the Historical Committee of the United Daughters of the Confederacy for
three years. She is a charter member of the Vassar Alumnae Historical Society and was one of the first five women to become members of the South Carolina Historical Society, of which she has been a member since 1899. Miss Poppenheim is chairman of the General United Daughters of the Confederacy Education Committee (organization representing 50,000 women) serving a third term, and also chairman of the South Carolina Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy Committee, and member of the Board of Directors of the Charleston Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Miss Poppenheim is the literary editor of "The Keystone," the official organ of the club women, and the Daughters of the Confederacy of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Mississippi and Florida, which position she has held since the establishment of "The Keystone," June, 1899.
Miss Poppenheim organized the Intercollegiate Club of South Carolina, 1899, and has been its president ever since. She is a member of the Ladies' Benevolent Society (organized 1813) and has been its recording secretary since 1896.
A member of the Rebecca Motte Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution.
A charter member of the South Eastern Branch, Vassar Alumnae Association.
A charter member of the Vassar Alumnae Historical Society.
A charter member of the Century Club.
A charter member of the Civic Club.
A charter member of the South Carolina Audubon Society.
A charter member of the Young Women's Christian Association.
On the Board of the Ladies' Memorial Society and Woman's Exchange.
She holds membership in all of these now. Miss Poppenheim was chairman of the Literature Committee of the General Federation of Women's Clubs 1906-1908, and was in charge of the Literature Session of the Boston Biennial.
Miss Poppenheim has written for various magazines along historical lines and has traveled extensively in Europe.
