Class Action: The Landmark Case That Changed Sexual Harassment Law
About this audiobook
In the coldest reaches of northern Minnesota, a group of women endured a shocking degree of sexual harassment, until one found the courage to file the first sexual harassment class action suit in America, permanently changing the legal landscape.
When the local iron mine began hiring women in 1975, Lois Jenson, a single mother on welfare, didn’t think twice about accepting the grueling but well-paying job. What she hadn’t considered was that she was entering a male-dominated society that fiercely resented the inclusion of women, a prejudice born out in the brutal harassment of every female miner. Relentlessly threatened with pornographic graffiti, denigrating language, stalking, and physical assaults, the women largely kept quiet for fear of losing their jobs, until Lois, devastated by the abuse, found the courage to sue—and won.
This book was the basis for the acclaimed motion picture North Country starring Charlize Theron.
About the author
Clara Bingham is a former White House correspondent for Newsweek and author of Women on the Hill: Challenging the Culture of Congress. A graduate of Harvard, she has written for Talk, Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, and Washington Monthly.
Laura Leedy Gansler is a lawyer specializing in alternative dispute resolution and securities law. A Harvard graduate who received a JD from the University of Virginia, she is a former adjunct law professor at American University.
Gabrielle de Cuir is a Grammy-nominated and Audie Award-winning producer whose narration credits include the voice of Valentine in Orson Scott Card’s Ender novels, Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Tombs of Atuan, and Natalie Angier’s Woman, for which she was awarded AudioFile magazine’s Golden Earphones Award. She lives in Los Angeles where she also directs theatre and presently has several projects in various stages of development for film.
