Mara Campos _became a rising star in the Progressive Party. She _began her political career while she was studying at Woodsville University. When she first stood as a candidate for Woodsville, she _didn`t win__ (not/ to win) many votes – Woodsville is a traditional town, and no woman _had ever been _ (ever/ to be) a candidate there before. “They _elected__________ (to elect) the same man, year after year, “she told me” , and they just laughed_ ( to laugh) at me when I _got up__( to get up) to speak”. But she was the winning candidate in the next election, and since then she _had shown___ (to snow) herself to be a hard-hitting speaker who was never____ (never/ to be) afraid to say what she thinks.
In recent months she has fought___ (to fight) hard to improve the position of women. She told me the reason . “ I began this campaign because women _are continually writing
(continually/ to write) to me, complaining of how their husbands are treating__ (to treat)them. Sometimes their husbands _threw____ (to throw) them out of the family home and left them without any possessions. The law always _takes___ (to take) the husband's side in such cases”.
When I _interviewed_________ (to interview) Maria Campos last week, she _was planning__
(to plan) a new campaign on this question. She _had already persuaded___ (already/ to persuade) some of the country's most important legal experts to support her. “The law must be changed”, she _said___ (to say) to me.