Shortly after graduating high school she was hired as a writer for the '' Spokesman-Review '' , and afterwards the '' Coeur d'Alene Press '' . Shadduck was sent to report on the 1944 Republican National Convention by the '' Coeur d'Alene Press '' . At the end of World War II , she founded the Kootenai County Young Republicans in North Idaho . Gaining recognition in that organization , she rejected attempts by the Republican Party to recruit her , instead sticking her to journalism . However , when the '' Press '' sent her to Washington , D.C. as an intern for Idaho Senator Henry Dworshak 's office , she both wrote stories for the paper and also helped the senator . She also joined Robert Taft 's inner circle , after being invited after attending a Young Republicans convention in Milwaukee
1944 Republican National Convention
1944 Republican National Convention
Louise Shadduck