Women's Equality Journal

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Lois Kathryn Herr


    • Aug 2, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 23 EPISODES


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    Passion, Action, and a Deal

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2021 5:31


    The case of the EEOC against AT&T continued through hearings in California, New York, and Washington. Passionate testimony as well as statistical studies filled the hours. And finally, the case was settled by a Consent Decree. To find out how this case ended, read Women, Power, and AT&T: Winning Rights in the Workplace by Lois Kathryn Herr.

    No Place to Hide

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2021 5:40


    The EEOC and AT&T were joined in a battle over equal opportunity in the early 1970s. Too proud to admit its failure to provide equal opportunity for the women in its workforce, AT&T was willing to share all its data and records. AT&T's records, file after file, were provided without objection to the EEOC and thus built the case. AT&T even renovated a floor of a building in DC to provide a place for the EEOC lawyers to review those records. And in those files, the EEOC found documentation of just what it was trying to prove.

    What Really Was True about AT&T and Discrimination

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2021 9:37


    As the EEOC built its case, the lawyers discovered that AT&T's own data showed exactly how women and men were treated differently. They used that data to build their case, entitling it "A Unique Competence: A Study of Equal Employment Opportunity in the Bell System." When AT&T officers saw that document, they were shocked. When AT&T's women saw it, they were ready to organize.

    The National Organization for Women's role in the famous phone company case

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2021 5:29


    NOW played a major role in making sure the phone company took sex discrimination seriously!

    The 1970 adventures of AT&T and equal opportunity

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2021 15:03


    It was not enough for a company like AT&T to have good intentions when their numbers and rules stood in the way of equal opportunity. Even changes that the company saw necessary were difficult to make happen. It took the shock of a government challenge and the ensuing public hearings to bring the reality home.

    The Challenge

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2021 6:39


    A hint about chapter two of Women, Power, and AT&T: Winning Rights in the Workplace

    Testing the Rules

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2021 8:17


    Notes from the second wave of feminism as we began to change our workplace rules.

    Writing a memoir

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2021 4:49


    Memoirs demand that you revisit the glorious and the traumatic times of your life.

    Post Pandemic - what now?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2021 4:20


    Thoughts about coming out of isolation and revisiting priorities.

    What's Happening to the Workforce?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2021 3:06


    The pandemic workforce problems hit women especially hard.

    Elections affect your life

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2021 3:17


    Pennsylvania has an election coming up on Tuesday, May 18th. VOTE!

    Women in Local Office and Women in the Air

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2021 3:51


    Women holding municipal office - are there many? And women in the air, specifically as stewardesses for PAN AM in the 1960s and 70s. Interesting statistics to ponder.

    You too can run for public office

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2021 4:17


    Even if you've never been involved in politics at any level, you can (and maybe should) run for office in your local municipality. Important decisions are being made every day in cities, townships, and boroughs and in school boards across the state. The process is not secret but it is obscure. Here are the five basic steps.

    Entering the political culture

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2021 3:42


    People who want to join their local government need to know the ins and outs of getting elected. But more than that, they need clues about how the political culture works.

    New Beginnings

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2021 2:17


    Spring break - a time to see a blooming world around us here in the northern hemisphere. It's a new beginning in so many ways wherever we live - a time to connect with friends and make new ones, a time to enjoy the natural world around us.

    The Right to Vote

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2021 4:54


    Fighting voter suppression and winning with activists, corporate pressure, and a Federal law.

    Women's History Month

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2021 3:56


    Honoring the women in my family. 

    Tomorrow's workplace

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2021 4:07


    Post-covid, women face challenges in "returning" to the workplace.

    Powerful Circles

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2021 7:37


    When in difficult or hostile environments, we need ways to change them and to empower ourselves.

    Discrimination yesterday and today

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2021 4:42


    Comparing the fight for women's rights in the 70s and today

    Where are you?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2021 3:55


    What we remember about where we lived helps us remember who we were.

    Where we live

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2021 3:55


    Remembering where we lived helps us remember who we were.

    Peace in troubled times

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2021 1:03


    Not so random thoughts on a cold March morning in Mt. Gretna

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