Martha Baker, Political Activist and Chisholm Colleague


Founder and former Executive Director of Non-Traditional Employment for Women, (NEW), a Non-profit group founded in 1978 that works with unions to bring women into higher-paying jobs in construction trades.   Worked with Chisholm in the National Women’s Political Caucus.


Chisholm Was a Real Women


On Non-Traditional Employment for Women





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