The Good Girls Revolt by Lynn Povich

The Good Girls Revolt: How the Women of Newsweek Sued their Bosses and Changed the Workplace by Lynn Povich
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Lynn Povich was one of the "good girls" working for Newsweek in the sixties.  The women working there as researchers were as talented and as well-educated as the male reporters and editors.  One by one, these women began to think "why can't I work as a reporter?"  They got together, and filed a class action lawsuit agains Newsweek, owned by the Washington Post whose CEO was Kay Graham.  This suit opened up women at other media outlets to the possibilities.

Well worth reading if you are female, or know anyone who is.  We must not forget what these women did for us while we were in diapers.


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