I am looking for a book that would have been published before 1981 that has a character Martha in it. A friend of mine was named from this book and we can only guess it was a golden book. I found Martha's House, but it was published 1982. Was there an earlier edition? Does anybody know Martha?

Could you be looking for We Help Mommy, by Eloise Wilkin? The characters in the book are Martha and her brother, Bobby.