in the mid 1950s, she went to work as an associate editor at "the humanist" magazine, and moved up to editor in 1956. during her tenure as editor, she published work by the geneticist h. j. muller, the psychologist abraham maslow, and the science fiction writers miriam allen deford and isaac asimov. she also wrote for the magazine herself, contributing reviews and articles on diverse topics. she lost her job in 1959 over an editorial disagreement with the board of directors of the american humanist association, the magazine's publisher. the magazine's staff resigned en masse in a show of support for robertson.