Editing Alice Hamilton (section)

==Later years==
After her retirement from Harvard in 1935, Hamilton became a medical consultant to the U.S. Division of Labor Standards, and she maintained her connections at Harvard as professor emerita.<ref>{{Cite journal|first=William T.|last= Moye|date=June 1986|title=BLS and Alice Hamilton: Pioneers in Industrial Health|url=http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/1986/06/art4full.pdf|journal=Monthly Labor Review|volume=109|issue=6|access-date=November 12, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203075515/http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/1986/06/art4full.pdf|archive-date=December 3, 2016}}</ref> Her last field survey, which was made in 1937–38, investigated the viscose rayon industry. In addition, Hamilton served as president of the National Consumers League from 1944 to 1949.<ref name=NWHM-exhibits/><ref name=NAW305/>

Hamilton spent her retirement years in [[Hadlyme North Historic District|Hadlyme, Connecticut]], at the home she had purchased in 1916 with her sister, Margaret. Hamilton remained an active writer in retirement. Her autobiography, ''Exploring the Dangerous Trades'', was published in 1943.<ref name=CWHF>{{cite web|title=Alice Hamilton|url=http://cwhf.org/inductees/science-health/alice-hamilton|website=Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame|access-date=October 15, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911120611/http://www.cwhf.org/inductees/science-health/alice-hamilton|archive-date=September 11, 2015}}</ref> Hamilton and coauthor [[Harriet Louise Hardy]] also revised ''Industrial Toxicology'' (1949), the textbook that Hamilton had initially written in 1934. Hamilton enjoyed leisure activities such as reading, sketching, and writing, as well as spending time among her family and friends.<ref name=NAW305/><ref>Weber, pp. 38–39.</ref>