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331. Sex Discrimination in the Workplace, Sexual Harassment in Workplace, Equal Pay Acts for Women, Karen Nussbaum and Women Workers  
… The clerical union 9 to 5 is familiar to many as the inspiration for the 1980 movie starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and Dolly Parton, but the real story is just as compelling. It had its roots in… …  
333. Sex Discrimination in the Workplace, Sexual Harassment in Workplace, Equal Pay Acts for Women, Karen Nussbaum and Women Workers  
… Karen Nussbaum went on to serve as head of the Women’s Bureau in the Clinton administration, and then as executive director of Working America, an affiliate of the AFL-CIO with three million… …  
336. American Families and Feminism, American Lesbian Marriage, Single Mothers and Feminism, American Gay Marriage  
… What was Beth Robinson’s argument before the Vermont Supreme Court that proved to be a powerful salvo for winning marriage equality? Excerpt from “The State of Marriage,” a film by Jeff Kaufman.… …  
337. American Families and Feminism, American Lesbian Marriage, Single Mothers and Feminism, American Gay Marriage  
… If there ever was such a thing as a typical American family, it’s long gone. The male breadwinner/female homemaker image of family has been supplanted by a complex portrait. Today’s families reflect… …  
339. American Families and Feminism, American Lesbian Marriage, Single Mothers and Feminism, American Gay Marriage  
… Marriage has undergone significant changes, and its position as the dominant social institution is in transition. Let’s look at some basic numbers and how they have changed over time. Barely half… …  
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The idea of the “Click! moment” was coined by Jane O’Reilly. “The women in the group looked at her, looked at each other, and ... click! A moment of truth. The shock of recognition. Instant sisterhood... Those clicks are coming faster and faster. They were nearly audible last summer, which was a very angry summer for American women. Not redneck-angry from screaming because we are so frustrated and unfulfilled-angry, but clicking-things-into-place-angry, because we have suddenly and shockingly perceived the basic disorder in what has been believed to be the natural order of things.” Article, “The Housewife's Moment of Truth,” published in the first issue of Ms. Magazine and in New York Magazine. Republished in The Girl I Left Behind, by Jane O'Reilly (Macmillan, 1980). Jane O'Reilly papers, Schlesinger Library.