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In 1979, she fought in vain to resurrect the [[Equal Rights Amendment]] in the Arkansas House, but the legislature declined to take up the issue. The ERA fell three states short of ratification when it expired in 1979.<ref name=pollanencyc/>

In 1979, she fought in vain to resurrect the [[Equal Rights Amendment]] in the Arkansas House, but the legislature declined to take up the issue. The ERA fell three states short of ratification when it expired in 1979.<ref name=pollanencyc/>

From 1980 to 1983, Pollan was legislative counsel and an informal advisor to Republican [[Governor]] [[Frank D. White]]. After White's election, Pollan and incoming gubernatorial chief of staff [[Preston Bynum]] of Siloam Springs, a former Arkansas House minority leader, prepared the 1981 budget—keeping the 1980 level of spending minus 5 percent. Pollan recalls a "stunned silence" over the state capital in Little Rock when White upset Governor [[Bill Clinton]] in 1980, a sense of disbelief among state employees and elected officials. Clinton, however, returned to victory in 1982.<ref name=pollanencyc/>

From 1980 to 1983, Pollan was legislative counsel and an informal advisor to Republican [[Governor]] [[Frank D. White]]. After White's election, Pollan and incoming gubernatorial chief of staff Preston Bynum of Siloam Springs, a former Arkansas House minority leader, prepared the 1981 budget—keeping the 1980 level of spending minus 5 percent. Pollan recalls a "stunned silence" over the state capital in Little Rock when White upset Governor [[Bill Clinton]] in 1980, a sense of disbelief among state employees and elected officials. Clinton, however, returned to victory in 1982.<ref name=pollanencyc/>

After White's defeat in 1982, Pollan nominated Morris S. Arnold, her fellow Moderate Republican and a University of Arkansas at Little Rock law professor, to become the new Republican Party state chairman to replace [[Bob Cohee]] of Baxter County. Pollan said that she hoped Arnold could bridge the gap in the Arkansas party between the former Rockefeller partisans, such as herself, and the burgeoning backers of [[Ronald Reagan]],<ref name=pollanencyc/> Arnold, however, did not complete his term as a part-time chairman and was replaced by the first vice-chairman, Robert "Bob" Leslie, a former candidate for Arkansas's 1st congressional district seat.

After White's defeat in 1982, Pollan nominated Morris S. Arnold, her fellow Moderate Republican and a University of Arkansas at Little Rock law professor, to become the new Republican Party state chairman to replace [[Bob Cohee]] of Baxter County. Pollan said that she hoped Arnold could bridge the gap in the Arkansas party between the former Rockefeller partisans, such as herself, and the burgeoning backers of [[Ronald Reagan]],<ref name=pollanencyc/> Arnold, however, did not complete his term as a part-time chairman and was replaced by the first vice-chairman, Robert "Bob" Leslie, a former candidate for Arkansas's 1st congressional district seat.