An edition of The Bellwomen (2004)

The Bellwomen

The Story of the Landmark AT&T Sex Discrimination Case

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An edition of The Bellwomen (2004)

The Bellwomen

The Story of the Landmark AT&T Sex Discrimination Case

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"In the early 1970s, David Copus, a young lawyer, teamed up with his government colleagues to confront the mature and staid executives of AT&T over the company's treatment of its female and minority employees. Their disagreement resulted in a $38 million settlement that benefited 15,000 employees, more than 13,000 of them women, and changed our perceptions of women's and men's roles in the workplace forever." "Copus, who worked for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), was charged with representing American citizens who suffered from employment discrimination. Time and again he saw young, black women in the South being turned down for available jobs in local phone companies - usually as telephone operators - often for no valid reason. He and the EEOC decided to challenge AT&T's company-wide sex discrimination practices. Eventually, AT&T's corporate colleagues, witnessing AT&T's capitulation, began to hire and promote women into better jobs themselves. At the same time, the EEOC started to aggressively push corporate America to give women more opportunities." "The Bellwomen recounts the history of this case in a novelistic style, illuminating the motivations, strengths, and weaknesses of all the players, from AT&T corporate leaders, to the lawyers of the EEOC, to the female activists fighting for what they believed. Stockford also profiles three beneficiaries of the case, presenting their ambitions and achievements."--BOOK JACKET.

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Language
English
Pages
247

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Cover of: The Bellwomen
The Bellwomen: The Story of the Landmark AT&T Sex Discrimination Case
July 2004, Rutgers University Press
Hardcover in English

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First Sentence

"David Copus had seen one type of complaint in his job as an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) lawyer so many times, he had nearly memorized it."

Classifications

Library of Congress
KF2849.A4S76 2004, KF2849.A4 S76 2004

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
247
Dimensions
9.1 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
Weight
1 pounds

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL8026035M
Internet Archive
bellwomen00marj
ISBN 10
0813534283
ISBN 13
9780813534282
LCCN
2003019800
OCLC/WorldCat
53000241
Library Thing
5308451
Goodreads
1323720

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