Later writers including her husband and Governor Gruening, who were both there. 

The Peratroviches spent years working towards passage of the bill. Roy recalled a time when they invited a legislator to coffee to talk about the situation, taking money out of their coffee can piggy bank to pay and praying that their guest did not also order food. They traveled to many villages to elicit support. Back then travel was not fast and easy, and at times they had to place their children in an orphanage to allow those trips to be made. They huddled around their dining room table at night, typing letters that highlighted discriminatory acts and requested assistance in putting an end to discrimination. When told what was needed was a law, they worked to put such a law into place. In 1943, they thought they had the votes needed for passage of such a law, but some last-minute flips led to its failure. So they worked for two more years to elicit support, until the act was reintroduced and passed.