Timeline
Chicago-area women in the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America meet for the first time, launching what becomes the Chicago tradeswomen’s movement.
Painter Erie Magruder-Jackson becomes an instructor after the school is ordered to remedy the exclusion of women following a lawsuit filed by women apprentices under Title IX, which was then substantiated by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights. CWIT’s workshop, Orientation to the Trades, at Washburne attracted over 700 women.
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