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- catalog abstract ""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."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13060568.
- catalog created "c2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "c2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
- catalog description ""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."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-235) and index.".
- catalog description "The idea-November 1970 -- The petition-late fall 1970 -- The reaction-December 1970 -- The beginning-winter/spring 1971 -- Beneficiary profile: Gwen Thomas -- The paper-spring/summer 1971 -- The case-fall 1971/winter 1972 -- The testimony-winter/spring 1972 -- The field-spring 1972 -- Beneficiary profile: Margaret Hoppe -- The first agreement-spring/fall 1972 -- The explosion-fall 1972 -- The defense-late fall 1972 -- The settlement-late fall 1972/winter 1973 -- The benefit -- The impact.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 247 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0813534283 (hardcover : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "c2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "344.7301/4133 22".
- catalog subject "American Telephone and Telegraph Company Trials, litigation, etc.".
- catalog subject "KF2849.A4 S76 2004".
- catalog subject "Sex discrimination against women Law and legislation United States.".
- catalog subject "Sex discrimination in employment Law and legislation United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The idea-November 1970 -- The petition-late fall 1970 -- The reaction-December 1970 -- The beginning-winter/spring 1971 -- Beneficiary profile: Gwen Thomas -- The paper-spring/summer 1971 -- The case-fall 1971/winter 1972 -- The testimony-winter/spring 1972 -- The field-spring 1972 -- Beneficiary profile: Margaret Hoppe -- The first agreement-spring/fall 1972 -- The explosion-fall 1972 -- The defense-late fall 1972 -- The settlement-late fall 1972/winter 1973 -- The benefit -- The impact.".
- catalog title "The bellwomen : the story of the landmark AT&T sex discrimination case / Marjorie A. Stockford.".
- catalog type "Trials, litigation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".