Tradeswomen Was the Magazine for Women in Blue-Collar Work During the ’80s and ’90s

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“We must have just started talking to each other on the phone and writing letters to each other,” said Martin. “I’m not even sure how we discovered each other, but I found organizations in Seattle, New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, and other cities like that.” It was this ever-expanding network, and its growing anger, that proved the foundation for feminist activist organization Tradeswomen, Inc. in 1979, and in turn, Tradeswomen magazine — a title that became the backbone of organizing and story-telling that would lead to real change for women in trades.