Reckoning : the epic battle against sexual abuse and harassment

Summary: "The first history--incisive, witty, fascinating--of the fight against sexual harassment, from the author of the New York Times bestseller Sisters in Law"--

Record details

ISBN: 9781328566447 (hardcover)
Physical Description: print
xviii, 316 pages ; 24 cm
Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2019.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Naming it, claiming it/1969-80 -- Making the legal case for women/1975-76 -- Redefining sex/1979-91 -- Mechelle Vinson's supreme trial/1986 -- Anita Hill and Clarence Thomas : confirming harassment/1991 -- Bill Clinton, Monica Lewinsky, and feminism's swerve/1992-98 -- Life among the ruins of the feminist collision with Bill Clinton/1998-2008 -- Feminism reborn: on line, on campus/2003-17 -- Roger Ailes and Donald Trump : Republicans corner the market on sex abuse/2015-2016 -- Pink pussies at the Women's March/2017 -- The press presses and the dam breaks : Harvey Weinstein/2017-18 -- #metoo/2017-18 -- The year of reckoning.