Everett discusses her support of her husband's work and her later involvement in local politics. After her marriage to another lawyer in 1926, Everett explains that although she didn't practice law with her husband, she often helped him with his briefs and cases and worked side by side with him while he served on the state legislature. She makes sure to stress, however, that both she and her husband thought independently and made their own decisions about things. This was reflected in her decision to run for Durham City Council where she was one of the first women elected and served for 20 years. She was first elected in 1951.