"Girls, take a vital interest in government in all its details. You won't like it very much. You may think it isn't a clean game, but we women, if we keep our ideals, can do much to improve politics."
-- Eleanor Roosevelt, February 17, 1940, address to Florida State College for Women
Clifton Van Brunt Lewis's journey in civic activism began at the cusp of her graduation from the Florida State College for Women in 1940.