The Good Girls Revolt: How the Women of Newsweek Sued their Bosses and Changed the Workplace in Our Shared Shelf

Jul 02, 2020 JaNel rated it liked it

Shelves: interest

Prologue: but many of the injustices that young women face today are the same ones we fight against 40 years ago. The discrimination may be subtler, but sexist attitudes still exist. Jessica, Jessie, and Sarah, and many young women like them, are beginning to understand that legal principles are not the only impediment power. They see that the rhetoric they were taught, and believe, does not fully exist in the real world; that women still don’t have equal rights and equal opportunities; that cul ...more

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Mar 04, 2017 Miss Susan rated it really liked it

non-fiction about how the female employees of newsweek newsmagazine sued their employer under the eeoc for discrimination in the 1960s. you can tell povich's background is in news because it's a very easy read, felt more like a long news article than a book

(this was a plus for me although a glance at the reviews tells me some would have preferred otherwise)

they had the 'benefit' of having a very clear case of de facto discrimination. the women all had similar qualifications to the men -- ivy lea ...more

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Sep 12, 2014 Claire rated it it was ok

Shelves: feminist-read, nonfiction, history

What they did was amazing and important. I just wish the book was written in a different style. Feels very all the facts news piece instead of a more narrative and engaging nonfic.

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