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Title: Tradeswomen Incorporated records
Date (inclusive): 1980-2013
Creator:
Martin, Molly
Extent:
8.75 Cubic Feet
(7 cartons)
Collection number: larc.ms.0224
Accession number: 2005/021
Repository:
Labor Archives and Research Center
J. Paul Leonard Library, Room 460
San Francisco State University
1630 Holloway Ave
San Francisco, CA 94132-1722
(415) 405-5571
larc@sfsu.edu
Abstract: Records include subject and reference files, Board of Directors material, correspondence, financial documents, booklets, and
Trade Trax issues (1981-1992).
Physical Location: Collection is available onsite.
Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English.
Unprocessed with Box / Folder List
Collection is open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Labor Archives and Research Center. All requests for permission to publish or quote
from materials must be submitted in writing to the Director of the Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf
of the Labor Archives and Research Center as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission
of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
[Identification of item], Tradeswomen Incorporated records, larc.ms.0224, Labor Archives and Research Center, San Francisco
State University.
Molly Martin oral history located at Labor Archives and Research Center (LARC), J. Paul Leonard Library, San Francisco State
University. For related collections please consult: Lynn Shaw Collection; Oregon Tradeswoman Collection; Pat Williams Collection;
Vivian Price Collection; Madeline Mixer Collection; Ronnie Sandler Collection; Kelly Baar Collection; Jane Templin Collection;
and Tradeswomen and Labor Studies LibGuide for labor related collection. For digitized material related to all tradeswomen
archives collections please consult the Tradeswomen Archives Project .
Molly Martin Tradeswomen Collection at CSU Dominguez Hills
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was donated to the Labor Archives by Molly Martin in 2005.
Arranged into the following folder runs: Tradeswomen Subject and Reference Files; Correspondence, News Clippings; Various
Loose Items, Envelopes, Booklets, Packets, and Folders; Financial; Board of Directors.
Molly Martin is a tradeswoman activist, electrician, and electrical inspector for the city of San Francisco who has worked
to promote opportunities for women in the skilled trades through awareness of gender and racial discrimination in the workplace,
as well through the support of training opporuntities and educational programs.
After Martin became an electrician in 1976, she along with several other female electricians formed a group in order to discuss
experiences commonly shared by tradeswomen. Soon after, San Francisco Women in Trades (SFWIT) was formed. In 1984, SFWIT sought
out two supervisors and asked them to sponsor a hearing on women in the trades. Testimonies were collected from women who
had been passed over for jobs or promotions, and were victims of sexual harrassment. After the hearing, SFWIT began working
with the city of San Francisco on several projects including assisting with writing a new affirmative action program; improving
the city's sexual harrassment ordianance; assisting with recruitment; and monitoring progress in regards to hiring and promoting
women in trades. As a result of this work, the mayor appointed Martin to the city's Commission on the Status of Women.
Molly Martin was also a member of Tradeswomen Inc., who's mission is to: "recruit more women into construction and related
trades; promote retention of women in the trades; and develop their capacity for leadership and career growth, on the job
and in their unions." ("Mission", Tradeswomen, Inc.) Martin was also an editor of Tradeswomen Magazine, a quarterly magazine
providing information, resources, and profiles on tradeswomen devoted to non-traditional blue collar employment for women.
Biography taken from https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8p27578/entire_text/
Records include subject and reference files, Board of Directors material, correspondence, financial documents, booklets, and
Trade Trax issues (1981-1992).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Women blue collar workers
Occupational training for women.
Wages -- Women.
Trade unions