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Book Jacket THE GOOD GIRLS REVOLT
How the Women of Newsweek Sued their Bosses and Changed the Workplace
LYNN POVICH
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The untold story of an uprising that transformed the Mad Men office culture: its bittersweet impact on the women involved, and what has—and hasn't—changed

On March 16, 1970, Newsweek magazine hit newsstands with a cover story on the fledgling feminist movement entitled "Women in Revolt." That same day, 46 Newsweek women, Lynn Povich among them, announced they'd filed an EEOC complaint charging their employer with "systematic discrimination" against them in hiring and promotion.

In The Good Girls Revolt, Povich evocatively tells the story of this dramatic turning point through the lives of several participants, showing how personal experiences and cultural shifts led a group of well-mannered, largely apolitical women, raised in the 1940s and 1950s, to stand up for their rights—and what happened after they did. For many, filing the suit was a radicalizing act that empowered them to "find themselves" and stake a claim. Others lost their way in a landscape of opportunities, pressures, discouragements, and hostilities they weren't prepared to navigate.

With warmth, humor, and perspective, the book also explores why changes in the law did not change everything for today's young women.

Award-winning journalist Lynn Povich began her career at Newsweek as a secretary. In 1975 she became the first woman senior editor in the magazine's history. Since leaving Newsweek in 1991, Povich has been editor-in-chief of Working Woman, managing editor and senior executive producer for MSNBC.com, and a consultant to The New York Times Foundation. A native of Washington, D.C., Povich now lives in New York.

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HARDCOVER
ISBN 978-1610391733
Pub date: 09/10/12
Price: $25.99/29.00 Canada
5 1/2 x 8 1/4
288 pages
8 pp. b/w photo insert
History, Journalism, Memoir
Selling Territory: W
Rights: First serial, British Commonwealth, translation, audio & electronic rights: PublicAffairs
Performance rights: Author

PAPERBACK
ISBN 978-1-61039-326-3
Pub date: 09/10/13
Price: $14.99/17.50 Canada
5 1/2 x 8 1/4
304 pages
12 pp b/w photos
History, Media Studies
Selling Territory: W
Pub history: 978-161039173-3

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