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Description
This collection documents the professional life of Molly Martin, an electrician and city building inspector, and her involvement with the labor and nontraditional women's occupation movement in the San Francisco Bay Area as well as in national tradeswomen's groups and projects. Materials include: documents related to career development including apprenticeship and vocational programs; reports; periodicals; flyers; clippings; conference and workshop material; material related to Tradeswomen Inc. and other tradeswomen organizations; photographs; and subject files concerning affirmative action, employment, gender,and labor unions.For digitized material related to all tradeswomen archives collections please consult the  Tradeswomen Archives Project .
Background
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.
Extent
11 boxes
Restrictions
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Archives and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical materials and not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Availability
There are no access restrictions on this collection.