The Good Girls Revolt: How the Women of Newsweek Sued their Bosses and Changed the Workplace
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| Rating | : | 4.70 (608 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1610393260 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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It was the first female class action lawsuit--the first by women journalists--and it inspired other women in the media to quickly follow suit.Lynn Povich was one of the ringleaders. Young women poured into the workplace, but the "Help Wanted" ads were segregated by gender and the "Mad Men" office culture was rife with sexual stereotyping and discrimination.Lynn Povich was one of the lucky ones, landing a job at Newsweek, renowned for its cutting-edge coverage of civil rights and the "Swinging Sixties." Nora Ephron, Jane Bryant Quinn, Ellen Goodman, and Susan Brownmiller all started there as well. The Good Girls Revolt also explores why changes in the law didn't solve everything. For many, filing the suit was a radicalizing act that empowered them to "find themselves" and fight back. In The Good Girls Revolt, she evocatively tells the story of this dramatic turning point through the lives of several participants. Others lost their way amid opportunities, pressures, discouragements, and hostilities they weren't prepared to navigate. Through the lives of young female journalists at Newsweek today, Lynn Povich shows what has--and hasn't--changed in the workplace.. It was a top-notch job--for a girl--at an exciting place.But it was a dead end. Any aspiring female journalist was told, "If you want to be a writer, go somewhere else."On March 16, 1970, the day Newsweek published a cover sto
“Povich’s memoir of the tortuous, landmark battle that paved the way for a generation of female writers and editors is illuminating in its details and casts valuable perspective on a trail-blazing case that shouldn’t be forgotten.”
Kindle Customer marty said So very true. Great read could not put it down. Very well written. Brings back not so fond memories. As a So very true Great read could not put it down. Very well written. Brings back not so fond memories. As a 3rd generation newspaper person I can relate . I worked in advertising. Finally as a sales rep,my pay was based on salary plus commission I made pretty good money almost 8 x as much after getting out of the hourly ad paste up composing room female ghetto. My women friends who were reporters in the 1980's were shocked at how much more money I made than them. One thing about sales how much you s. rd generation newspaper person I can relate . I worked in advertising. Finally as a sales rep,my pay was based on salary plus commission I made pretty good money almost 8 x as much after getting out of the hourly ad paste up composing room female ghetto. My women friends who were reporters in the 1980's were shocked at how much more money I made than them. One thing about sales how much you s. "Much better and more real than the Amazon TV miniseries, which I greatly enjoyed." according to jackie. Quick read, great tie in with history of Newsweek and the current (or at least 2009) climate. Sad that sexism is still with us but also validating that it isn't all in my head. I appreciated the reference to Susan Brownmiller's In Our Time, which I'm reading now. Much better and more real than the Amazon TV miniseries, which I greatly enjoyed. Shows how long, slogging, and painfully slow the march to make life better actually is. The women who filed the complaint nearly all didn't be. "Disappointing" according to Marilyn Armstrong. I expected to love it,but I admit I gave up in the middle. I was bored. I'm old enough to remember how it was back in the day and my own fight for recognition as a writer and editor but it seemed like the material was pretty thin. It felt like the book should have been about half the length. In fact, it felt padded to make it long enough to publish as a full-fledged book. Full of chatty detail that (for me) adds nothing to the narrative. This is supposed to be non-fiction, but the a