Working 9 To 5; A Women's Movement, A Labor Union, And The Iconic Movie

Cassedy, Ellen

ISBN 10: 1641608226 / ISBN 13: 9781641608220

Published by Chicago Review Press, Chicago, 2022

About this Item

xx, 232, [4] pages. Foreword by Jane Fonda. Illustrations. Timeline. Resources. Notes. Index. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Inscription reads For Jane with best wishes Ellen Cassedy. It would be nice to believe that this was inscribed to Jane Fonda who wrote the Foreword, but there is no specific evidence to support this association. Book mark associated with this publication laid in. Ellen is the award-winning author of We Are Here: Memories of the Lithuanian Holocaust, in which her journey to connect with her Jewish family roots expands into a wider quest. Winner of the Grub Street National Book Prize for Nonfiction, shortlisted for the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing. Ellen is also the co-translator of Oedipus in Brooklyn and Other Stories by Blume Lempel, a collection that moves between the realistic and the fantastic, the lyrical and the philosophical. The translation received the Leviant Memorial Prize from the Modern Language Association. Ellen is the translator of On the Landing: Stories by Yenta Mash, which traces an arc across upheavals and regime changes, making a major contribution to the literature of immigration. Ellen's play, "Beautiful Hills of Brooklyn," celebrates the spare beauty of a small but important life, with help from Walt Whitman. It was adapted into a short film starring Joanna Merlin, which qualified for an Academy Award nomination. Ellen was a columnist for the Philadelphia Daily News, a speechwriter in the Clinton Administration, and author of previous books for working women. Her articles have appeared in numerous publications. 9 to 5 wasn't just a Hollywood box office hit and a toe-tapping songā "it was a movement built by women determined to win fair treatment on the job. Ellen Cassedy was a founder of this workplace feminist movement. In Working 9 to 5 she tells the story. Starting out in Boston in 1973, the women of 9 to 5 built a nationwide feminist movement that united people of diverse races, classes, and ages. They took on the corporate titans. They leafleted, filed lawsuits, and started a woman-led union. They won millions of dollars in back pay and helped make sexual harassment and pregnancy discrimination illegal. When women rose up to win rights and respect at the office, they transformed workplaces throughout America. Along the way came Dolly Parton's toe-tapping song and the movie inspired by their work. Working 9 to 5 is a lively, informative, firsthand account packed with practical organizing lore that will embolden anyone striving for fair treatment.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Working 9 To 5; A Women's Movement, A Labor Union, And The Iconic Movie
• Publisher: Chicago Review Press, Chicago
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1641608226
• ISBN 13: 9781641608220
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Printing [Stated].
• Condition: Very good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Discrimination
  • Feminism
  • Racism

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Synopsis

"A must-read for any activist or reader in search of inspiration." —Liz Shuler, president, AFL-CIO

2022 Sarton Awards Finalist for Memoir
2023 Independent Publisher Book Awards Gold Medalist - Women's Issues category

9 to 5 wasn’t just a comic film—it was a movement built by Ellen Cassedy and her friends.

Ten office workers in Boston started out sitting in a circle and sharing the problems they encountered on the job. In a few short years, they had built a nationwide movement that united people of diverse races, classes, and ages.

They took on the corporate titans. They leafleted and filed lawsuits and started a woman-led union. They won millions of dollars in back pay and helped make sexual harassment and pregnancy discrimination illegal.

The women office workers who rose up to win rights and respect on the job transformed workplaces throughout America. And along the way came Dolly Parton’s toe-tapping song and a hit movie inspired by their work.

Working 9 to 5 is a lively, informative, firsthand account packed with practical organizing lore that will embolden anyone striving for fair treatment.

About the Author

Ellen Cassedy was a founder of the 9 to 5 organization in 1973. She is the coauthor of 9 to 5: The Working Woman’s Guide to Office Survival (with Karen Nussbaum) and The 9 to 5 Guide to Combating Sexual Harassment (with Ellen Bravo). Cassedy is a former columnist for the Philadelphia Daily News, was a speechwriter in the Clinton administration, and has contributed to HuffPost, Redbook, Woman’s Day, Hadassah Magazine, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and other publications. She lives in New York City. Jane Fonda is an Academy Award–winning actor as well as a producer, author, and longtime activist. She lives in Los Angeles.