Feminism and the Tunisian Revolution · TURNING POINT ·
Weeks v. Southern Bell (1966–69)
1966–69 — Lorena Weeks, a telephone clerk in Wadley, Georgia, is refused a better-paid switchman’s post because a state rule barred women from lifting over 30 pounds. In 1969 a federal court rules Title VII overrides such “protective” laws.
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- Title VII and the founding of NOW (chapter 2 of Feminism and the Tunisian Revolution)
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- Protest and Change: Second-Wave Feminism and Tunisia, 1945–2015
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