Following her graduation Kovrigina began to work in
Chelyabinsk and then was made the chief of staff of the regional department of health and education there. In September 1942 she was named the deputy minister of health,{{cite journal
Party career and views Kovrigina was a member of the
central committee of the Communist Party.{{cite web|author=Vladimir Bychkov|title=My Road to Freedom ==Personal life and death==