Background
Ballard, Dorothy Mae was born on December 8, 1916 in Kansas city, Missouri, United States.
Ballard, Dorothy Mae was born on December 8, 1916 in Kansas city, Missouri, United States.
Ed in Labor Education, Norman College.
Machinist North American Aviation, 1942—1946. Assemblyline worker General Motors Company, Kansas, 1953—1955, instructor electronics. Labor representative local 31 United Auto Workers.
Now consultant; lecturer labor education and prison reform, 1974—1985. Organizer seminars Operation People United to Save Humanity Conventions, Kansas. Organizer seminars workshops for women.
Leader petition drives for women's rights and labor reform.
Past board directors American Baptist Church. Advisory board Jackson County Jail Committee. Past board directors Ann Skinner Women's Fellowship.
Member platform committee Missouri Democrat. Party, 1978—1980; member Black Awareness Program, Lansing. Co-founder to president Greater Kansas City Minority Women's Coalition Human Rights, Kansas.
Co-founder, past president Coalition Labor Union Women, 1974—1982. President Metropolitan United Citizens Prison Reform and Assistance. Advisory board Mid-American Regional Council, Council Crimes and Delinquency, Creative Enterprises, New Directions Center, Missouri Probation and Parole Board, Salvation Army Task Force, Job Partnership Training Programs.
Affirmative action chairman Greater Kansas City Women's Political Caucus. Delegate International Womens Year. Member President Carters Task Force Women.
Member of League of Women Voters, Urban League Greater Kansas City, Missouri Leadership Association, National Alliance Business (task force), Association Blacks Criminal Justice, Coalition Labor Union Women (past chapter president, national executive board, chairman women's history week 1985), Negro Business and Professional Women, National Association Colored Women (Woman of Year Central chapter 1979), Farmaid American Agricultural.
Daughter of Frank Ballard and Eva (Powell) Cann Ballard. 12 children.