Wednesday, July 18, 2018

Ann Hopkins, Who Struck an Early Blow to the Glass Ceiling, Dies at 74

Ann Hopkins has passed. She was the woman who wouldn't abide the everyday gender discrimination suffered by women, when her big accounting firm, Price Waterhouse, refused to promote her to partner, despite her achievements, because she was "too macho." The SCOTUS opinion delivered in her case is the basis for all LGBT employment rights emanating from the Federal Civil Rights Act. We owe her a huge debt of gratitude.

See this link: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/17/obituaries/ann-hopkins-winner-of-a-workplace-bias-fight-dies-at-74.html?emc=edit_th_180718&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=516435310718