{"id":153,"date":"2019-06-10T15:46:02","date_gmt":"2019-06-10T19:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/sexualharassmentlaw\/?page_id=153"},"modified":"2020-03-16T11:45:26","modified_gmt":"2020-03-16T15:45:26","slug":"chapter-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/sexualharassmentlaw\/chapter-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Early History and Development of US Sexual Harassment Law<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chapter 1 examines activism, theory and legal developments relating to sexual harassment in the 1970s and 1980s.\u00a0 It covers the early interpretation of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the initial rejection of the notion that Title\u202fVII prohibits sexual harassment. It follows the shifting tide that resulted in the understanding that sexual harassment constitutes discrimination \u201cbecause . . . of sex.\u201d\u00a0 It credits, in part, early feminist activists, lawyers, and scholars who facilitated changes in the law to address the plight of many female workers experiencing sexual harassment.<\/p>\n

On this page, you will find archival materials from this period, as well as cases and secondary sources on the early history of the development of sexual harassment law and policy.<\/p>\n

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\r\n \r\n\t\tCorne v. Bausch and Lomb, 390 F. Supp. 161 (D. Ariz. 1975) (1975)\t<\/a>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n
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Corne v. Bausch and Lomb, Inc., 390 F.\u00a0 Supp. 161 (D. Ariz. 1975), vacated and remanded on appeal ...
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\r\n \r\n\t\tWilliams v. Saxbe, 413 F. Supp. 654 (D.D.C. 1976)\t<\/a>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n
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Diane Williams made history with her groundbreaking case in 1976, Williams v. Saxbe, 413 F.\u00a0 Supp. 654 (D.D.C. 1976), the ...
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\r\n \r\n\t\tTomkins v. Public Service Elec. & Gas Co., 422 F. Supp. 552 (D.N.J. 1976)\t<\/a>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n
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Feminist lawyer Nadine Taub represented Adrienne Tomkins in one of the earliest sexual harassment cases,\u00a0Tomkins v. Public Service Elec. & ...
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\r\n \r\n\t\tBarnes v. Costle, 561 F.2d. 983 (D.C. Cir. 1977)\t<\/a>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n
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Paulette L. Barnes v. Douglas M. Costle, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, 561 F.2d 983 (D.C. Cir. 1977), the ...
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\r\n \r\n\t\tMunford v. James T. Barnes & Co., 441 F. Supp. 459 (E.D. Mich. 1977)\t<\/a>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n
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Munford v. James T. Barnes & Co., 441 F. Supp. 459 (E.D. Mich. 1977)This case brought by Maxine Munford inspired ...
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