Dialogue:

M: Thanks for agreeing to this interview,Mrs. Rogers. My teacher wants me to interview someone who lived during the 1940s.

W: Of course, Joey. What's your first question?

M: Well,where were you living in 1940?

W: In Minneapolis, Minnesota, where I was born and raised.

M: Did you live with your family?

W: Yes,with my parents and my younger brother. In 1943,I moved to Washington D. C. by myself. I got a job as a typist for a newspaper.

M: What was D. C. like?

W: It was an exciting time to be living there. I got my interest in politics from being in the nation's capital. When I moved to California,I went straight to Sacramento and got a job working for a state lawmaker.

M: Were you in California when the war ended?

W: No, I was still in D. C. I met my husband there, and we moved the following year, in 1946.

M: How long did you work for the lawmaker?

W: Well, I was a secretary for that politician for two years. Then I had my two girls and stayed home for a few years. But as soon as they were old enough, I ran for office myself.

M: Really? Did you win?

W: I did. I spent the next 20 years as a local politician.

M: Wow. I've lived next door for years, and I didn't even know that!

Question: Which job did the woman have for the longest time? 

- Politician.

- Secretary.

- News reporter.


Politician.