ragaz translated the work "religious foundations of the social gospel" by walter rauschenbusch, one of his most influential books, into german in 1922. in 1929, ragaz succeeded jane addams as one of the co-international chairs of the wilpf. because of the volume of work to be done, it was decided that the responsibilities addams had carried were to be shared with gertrud baer and emily greene balch. that same year, she was appointed as the vice president of the boarding school at the social school for women and served in that capacity until 1946. ragaz, baer, and balch, who was later replaced by kathleen innes steered the wilpf during the difficult war years, when defending borders and simultaneously advocating an anti-war stance often were at odds. both she and her husband resigned from the socialist party in 1935 over the stance of national defense. she remained active in the pacifist movement until the war ended.