[1][2] Her family moved throughout the midwest, before settling in Kansas in her senior year where she met her future husband, Kurt who she married in 1943.
[1][6] Galle ran for city council in 1981 in the seat vacated by Randy Revelle, who was running for King County Executive.
[1] While chairing of the Environment committee, she had to deal with the environmental and health risks created by a decommissioned landfill and testified to Congress about municipal solid waste issues.
"[19] Galle was also a supporter of the Citizens Alternative Plan(CAP), which promoted limited growth in downtown Seattle to curb pollution.
[20][21] Early in her tenure, she proposed legislation that would set maximum heights to downtown skyscrapers but would not gain support from the rest of the council.
[29] The dissenting vote came from council president Sam Smith who claimed the changes were anti-family, and compared himself to a biblical prophet.
[30][31] Smith encouraged the public to challenge the ordinance before it went into effect, but the movement failed to gather enough signatures to repeal it.
[30] After leaving the city council, Galle became a board member Northwest kidney foundation and KUOW radio.