Green began her teaching career as an English instructor at the
College of Notre Dame in Maryland from 1959 to 1963, and then became an assistant professor at
Merrimack College from 1963 to 1964. She continued as a member of the faculty after retiring from her role as associate dean. Green has co-edited
Notable American Women: The Modern Period, a collection of modern biographies that continues the collection in
Notable American Women, 1607–1950, and the biographical collection
American Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide from Colonial Times to the Present. She is also the co-author of
American Women in the 1960s: Changing the Future. Green died on October 23, 2025, at the age of 90.
Notable American Women: The Modern Period Green and
Barbara Sicherman co-edited
Notable American Women: The Modern Period. A Biographical Dictionary, a collection of biographies of women who died between 1951 and 1975, that was published in 1980 by The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press and follows
Notable American Women, 1607–1950, also published by The Belknap Press. Green's contribution as an author includes the entry for
Ethel Greenglass Rosenberg.
American Women in the 1960s: Changing the Future Green and
Blanche Linden-Ward co-authored
American Women in the 1960s: Changing the Future, which was published by MacMillan in 1993. In a review for
The American Historical Review, Jane Sherron De Hart writes that Green and Linden-Ward have "mixed success" in their attempt to address various challenges presented by the premise of the volume, including in how "causation and implications of major developments seldom confine themselves to neat ten-year intervals", and "the very term "sixties" constitutes a cultural and political litmus test that almost invariably colors analysis". ==Selected works==