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CHICAGO WOMEN IN TRADES works to increase the number of women in the skilled trades and other blue collar occupations and to eliminate the barriers that prohibit women from entering and remaining in non-traditional careers.

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U.S. Department of Labor, the Mayor's Office of Workforce Development, the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, the Illinois Department of Human Services, Chicago Tribune Charities - Holiday, a fund of the McCormick Tribune Foundation, the Sara Lee Foundation, the Polk Bros. Foundation, Arie & Ida Crown Memorial, Alphawood Foundation, Chicago Foundation for Women, The Nancy Goodman Fund of the Chicago Foundation for Women, Circle of Service Foundation, Girl's Best Friend Foundation, Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust, Lloyd A. Fry Foundation, The Field Foundation, The Turner Construction Company Foundation and Northern Trust Charitable Trust.

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