Conversation so far:
What made Anna get into politics?
Carroll joined the American Party (the Know Nothing Party) following the demise of the Whigs.
Where was she when she started the american party?
CANNOTANSWER.
What else did she do in her political years?
campaigned by writing against urban machine corruption, crime, and what was perceived as the political threat of the power of the Catholic Church.

Question: Where was she when writing this?
Self-contained rewrite: Where was Anna Ella Carroll when wrote against urban machine corruption, crime, and what was perceived as the political threat of the power of the Catholic Church??