THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT

Dale McCormick

“Trade and technical jobs are the avenue out of poverty for women.”

First openly gay member of the Maine State Legislature, elected in 1990 to the first of three terms in the Maine Senate. The Women’s Liberation Front and The Gay Liberation Front, University of Iowa. The first Journeywoman carpenter in the nation in 1975. State Treasurer of Maine. Director of the Maine State Housing Authority. Founder of Women Unlimited.

Interviewed by Judy Waxman, February 2021

Photo. Against the Grain, A Carpentry Manual For Women, written and illustrated by Dale in 1977.