In the 1970s, I co-founded 9 to 5, an organization that campaigned for equality at work. Dolly Parton’s outsize presence helped us win.
Back in
1972, some colleagues and I were sitting in a circle on our lunch hour talking
about our jobs. We talked about low pay, unequal pay, training men to be our
own supervisors, and having to do favors for our bosses. I
think it all hit home for us the day a student walked into the office,
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