Barbara Dickerman:
Barbara “Babs” Dickerman fought to integrate the city’s housing market. In her
position as chair of the Housing Committee of the League
of Women Voters, she led a campaign to check whether the
city’s fair housing ordinance was being followed and led
a public outcry when it was discovered that discrimination
was still rampant. Her efforts forced tighter enforcement
of the law and eventually led to the city moving from a commissioner
to aldermanic form of government.
