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==Post-college== After graduation, Hall moved to [[Duluth, Minnesota]], where she started as a caseworker for social services in St. Louis County.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> She also began to participate in Democratic Party activities. In early 1968, she was elected to carry the Eugene McCarthy banner for the St. Louis County precinct, in support of [[Eugene McCarthy presidential campaign, 1968|McCarthy's presidential campaign]] that year.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> Although Hall enjoyed helping people in her work, she found it difficult to keep distance from some of their problems while being a caseworker.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> For her job in Duluth, Hall used her musical and poetic talents in an advertising campaign.<ref name="ReferenceB">''Camilla Hall's Place in the Symbionese Liberation Army'', by Rachel Hanel, Minnesota State University, Mankato, Minnesota 2004</ref> In June 1968, Hall returned to Minneapolis, where she was a caseworker for the Hennepin County, Minnesota welfare office.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> Co-workers and friends of Hall described her as witty, sympathetic, helpful, and compassionate.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> She had an outgoing personality and had a passion for literature. At the same time, Hall frequently talked with family and friends about philosophy and how she was disappointed with the state of welfare.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://gustavus.edu/library/archives/guides/CAMC/CAMC0013.php |title=Hall Family. Papers Concerning Camilla Hall and George F. and Lorena Hall, 1938β1995. CAMC Collection 13. |website=Gustavus Adolphus College Archives |place=St. Peter, Minnesota |access-date=May 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130105043/https://gustavus.edu/library/archives/guides/CAMC/CAMC0013.php |archive-date=January 30, 2023}}</ref> In 1968, Hall was 23 years old. She carefully monitored the political situation in America, including the [[1968 Democratic National Convention]] in Chicago where there was so much violence.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> She was active in the [[peace movement]] and food boycotts, including the [[Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam]].<ref name="ReferenceA"/> Despite Hall's participating in political activities, urging social change, and working to aid individuals and families, her mother could see that Camilla became dissatisfied with her work.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
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