“…offered the editorship of a new magazine…”

Phelps, E. S., Stowe, H. B., Cooke, R. T., Livermore, M. A. R., Spofford, H. E. P., Harland, M., Clemmer, M., ... Elliott, M. H. (1884). Our famous women: An authorized record of the lives and deeds of distinguished American women of our times. Hartford, Conn: A.D. Worthington & Co, pp. 130-31.

“…a circulation of 80,000.”

FOLEY, T., Mary L. Booth: The Story of an Extraordinary 19th-Century Woman, CreateSpace Independent Publishing, 2018, p. 145.

“…for more than twenty years.”

James, E. T. (1975). Notable American women, 1607-1950: a biographical dictionary. Howard Univ. Press, p. 208.

“…heralded in publications…”

A few examples.

A collection of clippings of Sims obituaries is held in the Southern Historical Collection at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill libraries.