research into the psychology of women. By 1973 the AWP had accomplished enough credited research into the psychology of women that it became recognized as "Division 35" of the APA. Activism Childs was a lesbian, and an activist in queer, women’s and Black spaces. She advocated for the decriminalization of prostitution through her involvement in the sex worker's rights group COYOTE (Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics) and anti-racist social movements. She was a founding member of the University of Chicago's Chicago Lesbian Liberation along with Vernita Gray and Michal Brody. At the time, the organization was named Women's Caucus of Chicago Gay Liberation. The organization helped organize the first pride in Chicago in 1970. She provided therapy for LGBT individuals, particularly those with AIDS. Childs was inducted into the Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame in 1993. This honor was given in recognition of her efforts to dismantle the American Psychiatric Association's position on homosexuality, which was listed as a psychological disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders until 1973. Representative publications Childs, E. K. (1966). Careers in the Military Service: A Review of the Literature. National Opinion Research Center, University of Chicago. Childs, E. K. (1972). Prediction of Outcome in Encounter Groups: Outcome as a Function of Selected Personality Correlates (Doctoral dissertation, University of Chicago, Committee on Human Development). Childs, E. K. (1976). An Annotated Bibliography on Prison Health Care. Prisoners' Health Project, San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center. Childs, E. K. (1990). Therapy, feminist ethics, and the community of color with particular emphasis on the treatment of Black women. In H. Lerman & N. Porter (Eds.), Feminist ethics in psychotherapy (p. 195–203). Springer Publishing Company. References External links Psychology's Feminist Voices exhibit University of Chicago alumni American lesbian writers People from Chicago American LGBT rights activists American women's rights activists 1937 births 1993 deaths 20th-century American psychologists African-American psychologists American women psychologists 20th-century African-American women 20th-century African-American people 20th-century American people 20th-century LGBT people African-American women writers Inductees of the Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame