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The Good Girls Revolt

How the Women of Newsweek Sued their Bosses and Changed the Workplace

By: Lynn Povich

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The Good Girls Revolt

How the Women of Newsweek Sued their Bosses and Changed the Workplace

By: Lynn Povich

It was the 1960s -- a time of economic boom and social strife. Young women poured into the workplace, but the "Help Wanted" ads were segregated by gender and the "Mad Men" office culture was rife with sexual stereotyping and discrimination. Lynn Povich was one of the lucky ones, landing a job at Newsweek, renowned for its cutting-edge coverage of civil rights and the "Swinging Sixties." Nora Ephron, Jane Bryant Quinn, Ellen Goodman, and Susan Brownmiller all started there as well. It was a top-notch job -- for a girl -- at an exciting place. But it was a dead end. Women researchers sometimes became reporters, rarely writers, and never editors. Any aspiring female journalist was told, "If you want to be a writer, go somewhere else." On March 16, 1970, the day Newsweek published a cover story on the fledgling feminist movement entitled "Women in Revolt," forty-six Newsweek women charged the magazine with discrimination in hiring and promotion. It was the first female class action lawsuit--the first by women journalists -- and it inspired other women in the media to quickly follow suit. Lynn Povich was one of the ringleaders. In The Good Girls Revolt, she evocatively tells the story of this dramatic turning point through the lives of several participants. With warmth, humor, and perspective, she shows how personal experiences and cultural shifts led a group of well-mannered, largely apolitical women, raised in the 1940s and 1950s, to challenge their bosses -- and what happened after they did. For many, filing the suit was a radicalizing act that empowered them to "find themselves" and fight back. Others lost their way amid opportunities, pressures, discouragements, and hostilities they weren't prepared to navigate. The Good Girls Revolt also explores why changes in the law didn't solve everything. Through the lives of young female journalists at Newsweek today, Lynn Povich shows what has -- and hasn't -- changed in the workplace.

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The Good Girls Revolt

How the Women of Newsweek Sued their Bosses and Changed the Workplace

By: Lynn Povich

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How the Women of Newsweek Sued their Bosses and Changed the Workplace

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Survival Strategies for Parenting Children with Bipolar Disorder

Innovative Parenting and Counseling Techniques for Helping Children with Bipolar Disorder and the Conditions that May Occur with it

By: George T. Lynn

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Survival Strategies for Parenting Children with Bipolar Disorder

Innovative Parenting and Counseling Techniques for Helping Children with Bipolar Disorder and the Conditions that May Occur with it

By: George T. Lynn

Lynn offers clear, practical advice on recognizing the symptoms, understanding medication and accessing the necessary support at school as well as the managing the day-to-day challenges of parenting a child with Bipolar Disorder. His book will provide guidance and support for parents and carers as well as being a useful resource for professionals.

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Jessica Kingsley Publishers

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1853029211

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9781853029219

High-Profile Crimes

When Legal Cases Become Social Causes

By: Lynn S. Chancer

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High-Profile Crimes

When Legal Cases Become Social Causes

By: Lynn S. Chancer

O. J. Simpson. The Central Park jogger. Bensonhurst. William Kennedy Smith. Rodney King. These are more than crimes and criminals, more than court cases. They are cultural events that, for better or worse, gave concrete expression to latent social conflicts in American society. In High-Profile Crimes, Lynn Chancer explores how these cases became conflated with larger social causes on a collective level and how this phenomenon has affected the law, the media, and social movements. An astute and incisive chronicle of some of the most polarizing cases of the 1980s and 1990s, High-Profile Crimes shows that their landmark status results from the overlapping interaction of diverse participants. The merging of legal cases and social causes, Chancer argues, has wrought ambivalent effects on both social movements and the law. On the one hand, high-profile crimes offer important opportunities for emotional expression and raise awareness of social issues. But on the other hand, social problems cannot be resolved through the either/or determinations that are the goals of the legal system, creating frustration for those who look to the outcome of these cases for social progress. Guilt or innocence through the lens of the media leads to either defeat or victory for a social cause-a confounding situation that made the O. J. Simpson case, for example, unable to resolve the issues of domestic violence and police racism that it had come to symbolize. Based on nearly two hundred interviews, Chancer's discussions of the infamous Central Park jogger and Bensonhurst cases-as well as the rape trials of William Kennedy Smith and Mike Tyson, the assault cases of Rodney King and Reginald Denny, and, finally, the O. J. Simpson murder trial-provide a convincing, multidimensional and innovative analysis of the most charged public dramas of the last two decades.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226101134

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9780226101132

A Lovely Lie

By: Jaime Lynn Hendricks

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A Lovely Lie

By: Jaime Lynn Hendricks

A Goodreads, SheReads, and Criminal Element Most Anticipated Thriller Is it better to believe a lovely lie or to know the horrible truth? 1999: The night of their senior picnic, Scarlett Russo and her best friend Pepper were involved in a car accident that left two of their classmates dead. Afterward, they lied to the police, protecting each other from the consequences. Then Pepper left town and Scarlett never heard from her again… Now: Twenty-two years later, Scarlett has buried that deadly incident deep in her mind and built a comfortable life for herself, working in a hotel on the west coast of Florida and raising her teenage son with her husband Vince. Her peace is disrupted, however, when Pepper’s daughter shows up with news of Pepper’s death. Zoey is twenty-one and studying to be an investigative journalist. She has a cryptic letter from Pepper addressed to Scarlett that alludes to the events of that fateful night and Pepper’s initial intentions to get an abortion. Now Zoey wants answers about her mother’s past. Who is Zoey’s father? And what really happened after the senior picnic? As Zoey continues to dig into the past, all of Scarlett’s buried secrets threaten to rise to the surface. Jaime Lynn Hendricks, “the queen of the page-turner” (Ashley Winstead), will have you questioning who you can trust in this intricately twisted thriller.

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Penzler Publishers

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1613165196

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9781613165195

Rough Writers

By: David Tovlliver,Lynn Tolliver, Jr.,Orrin Tolliver, 3rd

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Rough Writers

By: David Tovlliver,Lynn Tolliver, Jr.,Orrin Tolliver, 3rd

A collection of ideas from David Payton and his two sons, Orrin Lynn Tolliver III, and David C. Tolliver. A father and sons' collaboration of poetry, spoken word and other concepts for future books and movies. There are a few words of vulgarity within. For the discriminate reader. Young minds exhaling their inner thoughts, and a very proud father. This is a "rough" so it is not error free. The works are raw, and a compilation of material from over the past two or three years.

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224

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Trafford Publishing

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1412049814

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9781412049818

Freckled Identical Twin Sisters

Growing Up

By: Lynn Morgan

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Freckled Identical Twin Sisters

Growing Up

By: Lynn Morgan

Twins Gail and Lynn loved being twins growing up. They were protective of each other, counted on each other, and always had a partner in sports. They signed an unwritten oath to never rat on each other. That means they never admitted to doing something wrong or wild and crazy. They either both confessed they were guilty, or both confessed to being innocent. Their bond and loyalty were unbreakable, which the average person does not understand. When in trouble, they became one person with a united front. It was never discussed, just understood.

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Covenant Books, Inc.

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1638853428

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9781638853428

Love Me Or Else

The True Story of a Devoted Pastor, a Fatal Jealousy, and the Murder that Rocked a Small Town

By: Colin McEvoy,Lynn Olanoff

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Love Me Or Else

The True Story of a Devoted Pastor, a Fatal Jealousy, and the Murder that Rocked a Small Town

By: Colin McEvoy,Lynn Olanoff

The true story of a devoted pastor, a fatal jealousy, and the murder that rocked a small town.

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Macmillan

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0312540825

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9780312540821

The Asperger Plus Child

How to Identify and Help Children with Asperger Syndrome and Seven Common Co-Existing Conditions

By: George T. Lynn,Joanne Barrie Lynn

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The Asperger Plus Child

How to Identify and Help Children with Asperger Syndrome and Seven Common Co-Existing Conditions

By: George T. Lynn,Joanne Barrie Lynn

This practical guide to helping children with complex diagnoses at home and at school is based on current research as well as the author's clinical observations from working with this population for 15 years. Written for parents, teachers, counselors and medical professionals ...

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AAPC Publishing

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1931282331

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The Kindness Handbook

When You Want to Help, But Don't Know What to Do

By: Jeri-Lynn Johnson

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The Kindness Handbook

When You Want to Help, But Don't Know What to Do

By: Jeri-Lynn Johnson

There are times in life when a little kindness goes a long way. But in times of crisis or difficulty, it is hard to know what to say or do. The Kindness Handbook is, quite simply, the most practical, nuts-and-bolts guide in print for the person who wants to help friends cope in times of adversity or to show concern for their general well-being. Drawing on her many personal experiences, Jeri-Lynn Johnson gets right to the point and tells readers what to do and what not to do in every situation, including major surgery, unemployment, homelessness, disability, death of a spouse, death of a child, divorce, and many other situations.An essential resource for every home. You'll never feel helpless again!

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157345916X

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All those mornings . . . at the Post

The 20th Century in Sports from Famed Washington Post Columnist Shirley Povich

By: Shirley Povich

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All those mornings . . . at the Post

The 20th Century in Sports from Famed Washington Post Columnist Shirley Povich

By: Shirley Povich

Shirley Povich was the Dean of American sportswriters. As a columnist for The Washington Post for more than seventyfive years, he was an eyewitness to the most thrilling moments in American sports, including: the legendary 1927 Dempsy-Tunney "long count"; the celebrated 1938 race between Seabiscuit and War Admiral; the 1946 signing of Jackie Robinson by the Brooklyn Dodgers; Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series; the Ali-Frazier fight of 1971; and the murder of eleven Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics. But Povich's columns were about more than sports; they reflected the dramatic changes in American society over the course of the 20th Century. Driven by a strong sense of social justice, Povich called for the integration of major league baseball in 1939, and twenty years later he was still at it, attacking Washington Redskins owner George Preston Marshall for having an all-white team. For the 100th anniversary of his birth, Povich's children— David, Maury, and Lynn — and his colleague at the Post, former sports editor George Solomon, have pulled together this panoramic collection of Povich's most beloved columns. The result is a front-row seat to the most awe-inspiring sports moments of our American Century.

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1586483153

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Book's by Lynn Povich

The Good Girls Revolt

The Good Girls Revolt

The Good Girls Revolt

The Good Girls Revolt

Survival Strategies for Parenting Children with Bipolar Disorder

Survival Strategies for Parenting Children with Bipolar Disorder

High-Profile Crimes

High-Profile Crimes

A Lovely Lie

A Lovely Lie

Rough Writers

Rough Writers

Freckled Identical Twin Sisters

Freckled Identical Twin Sisters

Love Me Or Else

Love Me Or Else

The Asperger Plus Child

The Asperger Plus Child

The Kindness Handbook

The Kindness Handbook

All those mornings . . . at the Post

All those mornings . . . at the Post

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