A Woman to Know: Marty Goddard

I was just beside myself when I found the extent of the problem. — Marty Goddard

I was just beside myself when I found the extent of the problem. — Marty Goddard

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In 1972, Marty Goddard began volunteering at a Chicago crisis hotline. At the time, nearly 16,000 people were sexually assaulted in the area every year. Only 10% of those people ever reported the attacks to the police, and of that number, a mere …