In 1925, she became a teacher in elementary schools in impoverished mining areas of
Nottinghamshire. Her first novel,
War On Saturday Week, dealt with political extremism in Britain during the years leading up to the Second World War. Her second novel, ''I'm Not Complaining'' (1938), depicted women's lives in
the Depression from the point of view of an unmarried female teacher. She worked for the
Ministry of Information during the Second World War, and wrote radio scripts, including some for ''
Woman's Hour'', which started on BBC radio in 1946. From 1944 to 1976 she wrote the
women's page for the
Church of England Newspaper, which expressed her position as a Christian socialist feminist. One such article, "Comics and Shockers" in 1948, put her on the same page as
Marcus Morris, whose religious ideals and concerns about the influence of American comics led him to launch
Eagle in 1950, and
Girl the following year. Adam wrote strips for
Girl, in which she attempted to counteract the passiveness of many girls' heroines by introducing young female characters who were resourceful, brave and clever. Her best-known strip was "Susan of St. Bride's" (1954–61), about a student nurse, who also featured in spin-off novels written by Adam. She also wrote "Lindy Love" (1954–55), about a girl just out of school who has to care for her family, drawn by
Peter Kay. In 1955 she and
Peggy Jay founded the Fisher Group, a think-tank advising governments on social policy. She wrote twelve novels, including two about girls in care,
Fetch Her Away (1954) and ''Look Who's Talking
(1960), and A House in the Country'' (1957), a comic novel based on her family's attempt to live in a commune, as well as biographies of
George Bernard Shaw and
Beatrice Webb, the latter co-written with
Kitty Muggeridge. The 1951 film
The Quiet Woman was based on a story by Adam, and ''Look Who's Talking'' was adapted for television as part of the BBC's Studio 4 series in 1962. Her final book, ''A Woman's Place: 1910-1975'', a
social history of women in the 20th century, was published in 1975. She died at the
Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth,
Marylebone, London, on 3 February 1977. ==Personal life==