The Women's Movement Against Sexual HarassmentCambridge University Press, 2008 - 276 pages This book recounts the story of how a diverse social movement placed sexual harassment on the public agenda in the 1970s and 1980s. The collaboration of women from varying racial, economic, and geographic backgrounds strengthened the movement by representing the experiences and perspectives of a broad range of women, and incorporating their resources and strategies for social change. Black women; middle-class feminists; women breaking into construction, coal mining, and other non-traditional occupations; and women in pink-collar and working-class white-collar jobs all helped to convince governments to adopt public policies against sexual harassment in the United States. Based on interviews and original research, this book shows how the movement against sexual harassment fundamentally changed American life in ways that continue to advance women's opportunities today. |
Contents
Section 1 | 27 |
Section 2 | 33 |
Section 3 | 39 |
Section 4 | 49 |
Section 5 | 67 |
Section 6 | 79 |
Section 7 | 82 |
Section 8 | 85 |
Section 9 | 90 |
Section 10 | 91 |
Section 11 | 111 |
Section 12 | 117 |
Section 13 | 135 |
Section 14 | 162 |
Section 15 | 172 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
AASC abuse action activism activists addition advances agencies alleged appeared argued arguments Association attorneys awareness became began behavior brief called Center charges City civil rights claim co-workers coal Commission Committee complaints concern conduct continued court criticized decision Department described developed discussed early educational EEOC employers employment environment Equal established experiences federal female feminist filed first focused force groups guidelines hearings held hostile individual Institute involved issue of sexual Judge Labor late later lawsuit male ment Michigan miners movement office organizations participated plaintiffs political problem procedures prohibited Project published race raise rape received Redbook reported represented response ruled Sauvigne School sex discrimination sexual harassment social studies suggested supervisors survey testified tion Title VII unions University victims Washington woman women workers workplace York