Both women grew bored at home and went back to work when their children were old enough. Dot became a real estate agent. Crow, still living in Arlington, took a job as a cartographer with a transportation consulting agency. Crow loved maps, and she loved her work. She also worked the polls every Election Day, honoring the patriotism and sense of civic duty that her father, back in Bourbon, Mississippi, had instilled in her. That day of commitment to democracy remained sacred to her.
