[2] Later, Childs would attend the University of Chicago and received her Master of Science in Human Development in 1972.
[6][7] Childs as well as her two cofounders, Phyllis Chesler and Dorothy Riddle, formed the AWP in order to address the lack of organized research into the psychology of women.
[8] In addition, she called for the APA to influence changes in the way these groups area treated in the fields of banking, medicine, legal issues, and education systems.
[10] By 1973 the AWP had accomplished enough credited research into the psychology of women that it became recognized as "Division 35" of the APA.
[6] 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.