Magna was vice-president general of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) in the 1920s, and served as the DAR's president general from 1932 to 1935. During the
Great Depression, before her presidency, she raised funds to furnish the library at
Memorial Continental Hall. In 1927, a bronze plaque was installed to mark Magna's work in preserving Crafts Tavern, the old post tavern in
Holyoke, Massachusetts. The Massachusetts chapter of the DAR funded a college scholarship in her name in 1939. She commented on the honor in 1940, "Faith in our schools is faith in our youth. They need us in these serious times, even as we need them." Magna was made a knight of the
Legion of Honour. == Personal life ==