The Good Girls Revolt: How the Women of Newsweek Sued Their Bosses and Changed the Workplace
- ISBN-10
- 161039173X
- ISBN-13
- 9781610391733
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 249
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012
- Publisher
- PublicAffairs
- Author
- Lynn Povich
Description
Chronicles the sexual discrimination class action lawsuit that women journalists brought against their employer, Newsweek, in 1970.
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