Primarily describes Hudson's childhood, education at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and twenty-seven year career in the United States Navy and Naval Reserve." Hudson describes her childhood in Alamance County, North Carolina; her athletic activities; and her education at the Woman's College of North Carolina, including her favorite professors and the school becoming co-ed during college, and changes on campus when she came back to get a master's degree. " Hudson primarily discusses her career in the navy as a line officer, including her decision to join, her first assignment as a communications watch officer in Norfolk, serving as a women's representative, the details of her daily duties in naval communication and administration, her choice assignments to San Diego and Hawaii, and her work with the Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation. " Other topics related to her career in the navy include the changes instituted by Admiral Elmo Zumwalt, the treatment female officers in the navy, her thoughts on the role of women in the military, and her views on the Iraq War. " Other subjects include Hudson's lifelong participation in both civilian and military athletics and her post-retirement life.