She was re-elected as mayor in 1969 .
She was was subsequently asked by President Richard Nixon to go to Washington to work in the U.S. Department of Transportation , where she later also worked during the successive administrations of presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter .
She was re-elected as mayor in 1969 , and was subsequently asked by President Richard Nixon to go to Washington to work in the U.S. Department of Transportation , where she later also worked during the successive administrations of presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter .