Contribution:
This pioneer was founder of an alternative to incarceration - providing housing and services for women and their families "Women for Human Rights and Dignity, Incorporated (WHRD)" (1980). The program later included a women's residential resource center(1985); a center for vocational education (1987). A Dignity Circle & Dignity Village was developed with 20 homes with supportive service for single parent heads of households (Buffalo, New York) (1991).