allie peterson didn't set out to build a career in politics.she said it would made much better story if she could've said her family debated politics from the dinner table but she said it would also be a big fat lie. she readily permitted shia drifted into the republican party because her friends were republican and they put on the best parties. she noted of those days in the 1930s, we wouldn't have known an issue if we met when face-to-face. she attended a secretarial school in chicago and discovered she loved everything about being a secretary. she loves people, she loved to sell, she loved to organize an office. she was successful she later reflected because she understood the organization and that was really my basic skill. she once told a rider, good secretary should learn the business as no other position can. during world war ii peterson joined the american red cross unserved with an army field hospital in england france and later germany. looking back she felt those experiences were the source of her strong sense of patriotism but they