THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT
Delores “Sally” Gerlach
February 23, 1929 – August 1, 2019
“We changed the way the company (Michigan Bell Telephone Co) looked at women. We changed their opportunities.”
Active with the Communication Workers of America Union (CWA) working to create a better work life for employees at Bell/AT&T. Treasurer for Detroit chapter of the National Organization for Women, elected in 1974.
More About Sally:
- Obituary
- “Passing the Torch,” a documentary produced by Michael Rose Productions, is a behind the scenes look at the role Michigan women played in the Second Wave feminist movement, 2006
- Women Will Sue Bell Over Equal Pay, June 1977
- Gerlach v. Michigan Bell Tel. Co., 448 F. Supp. 1168 (E.D. Mich. 1978)