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Carolyn Wolfe was born in Payson, Utah in 1890. She was active in Utah politics as the president of the Utah State League of Women Voters from 1922 to 1924 and later became the head of the Women’s Division of the Democratic National Committee during the second Roosevelt administration. After moving to California, she became involved with local Democratic politics in Sonoma County. In this interview, Wolfe discusses her family background and relation to Mormonism, the Utah Secretary of State office, Judge James H. Wolfe, her political activity in Utah, the Women’s Division of the Democratic National Committee, life and local politics in California, Washington, DC, leading Democratic women, and her reflections on a life in politics.