It was the 1960s––a time of economic boom and social strife. Young women poured into the workplace, but the “Help Wanted” ads were segregated by gender and the “Mad Men” office culture was rife with sexual stereotyping and discrimination.
Lynn Povich was one of the lucky ones, landing a job at Newsweek, renowned for its cutting-edge coverage of civil rights and the “Swinging Sixties.” Nora Ephron, Jane Bryant Quinn, Ellen Goodman, and Susan Brownmiller all started there as well. It was a top-notch job––for a girl––at an exciting place.
But it was a dead end. Women researchers sometimes became reporters, rarely writers, and never editors. Any aspiring female journalist was told, “If you want to be a writer, go somewhere else.”
On March 16, 1970, the day Newsweek published a cover story on the fledgling feminist movement entitled “Women in Revolt,” forty-six Newsweek women charged the magazine with discrimination in hiring and promotion. It was the first female class action lawsuit––the first by women journalists––and it inspired other women in the media to quickly follow suit.
Lynn Povich was one of the ringleaders. In The Good Girls Revolt, she evocatively tells the story of this dramatic turning point through the lives of several participants. With warmth, humor, and perspective, she shows how personal experiences and cultural shifts led a group of well-mannered, largely apolitical women, raised in the 1940s and 1950s, to challenge their bosses––and what happened after they did. For many, filing the suit was a radicalizing act that empowered them to “find themselves” and fight back. Others lost their way amid opportunities, pressures, discouragements, and hostilities they weren’t prepared to navigate.
The Good Girls Revolt also explores why changes in the law didn’t solve everything. Through the lives of young female journalists at Newsweek today, Lynn Povich shows what has––and hasn’t––changed in the workplace.
When I graduated from college, I was lucky to get a job as a secretary in the Paris bureau of Newsweek magazine. I returned to New York after a year-and-a-half and in 1970, I was one of 46 women who sued Newsweek for sex discrimination. Five years later, I was appointed the first woman Senior Editor in the magazine's history.
My book about that landmark lawsuit, THE GOOD GIRLS REVOLT,was published September 10, 2012 by PublicAffairs.
In 1991, I left Newsweek to become Editor-in-Chief of Working Woman magazine. I joined MSNBC.Com in 1996, overseeing the web content of NBC News and MSNBC Cable.
In 2005, I edited a book of columns by my father,famed Washington Post sports columnist Shirley Povich, called ALL THOSE MORNINGS...AT THE POST.
I have been honored with the prestigious Matrix Award for Exceptional Achievement in Magazines and the Exceptional Woman in Publishing Award from Women in Periodical Publishing
I was born and raised in Washington, D.C., and graduated from Vassar College, where I served as Executive-in-Residence. I am married to Stephen B. Shepard, former Editor-in-Chief of Business Week and Founding Dean of the Graduate School of Journalism of the City University of New York. His book, DEADLINES AND DISRUPTION, was published the same week in September as mine. We have two children.
只是看过了美剧,一天撸完,完全停不下来。 然后就搜了这部剧的周围新闻,原来是为了希拉里的选举孕育而生的剧。而且最近美国的诸多女星们要求的同工同酬运动也是一个触发点。 20世纪60年代、70年代作为女权运动的转折关键期,确实有很深的历史背景原因,尤其是70年代之后,女...
评分只是看过了美剧,一天撸完,完全停不下来。 然后就搜了这部剧的周围新闻,原来是为了希拉里的选举孕育而生的剧。而且最近美国的诸多女星们要求的同工同酬运动也是一个触发点。 20世纪60年代、70年代作为女权运动的转折关键期,确实有很深的历史背景原因,尤其是70年代之后,女...
评分只是看过了美剧,一天撸完,完全停不下来。 然后就搜了这部剧的周围新闻,原来是为了希拉里的选举孕育而生的剧。而且最近美国的诸多女星们要求的同工同酬运动也是一个触发点。 20世纪60年代、70年代作为女权运动的转折关键期,确实有很深的历史背景原因,尤其是70年代之后,女...
评分只是看过了美剧,一天撸完,完全停不下来。 然后就搜了这部剧的周围新闻,原来是为了希拉里的选举孕育而生的剧。而且最近美国的诸多女星们要求的同工同酬运动也是一个触发点。 20世纪60年代、70年代作为女权运动的转折关键期,确实有很深的历史背景原因,尤其是70年代之后,女...
评分只是看过了美剧,一天撸完,完全停不下来。 然后就搜了这部剧的周围新闻,原来是为了希拉里的选举孕育而生的剧。而且最近美国的诸多女星们要求的同工同酬运动也是一个触发点。 20世纪60年代、70年代作为女权运动的转折关键期,确实有很深的历史背景原因,尤其是70年代之后,女...
这本书的魅力,很大程度上来自于它对“边缘化”群体的细腻关注。作者没有将这些角色简单地塑造成符号化的英雄或受害者,而是赋予了他们复杂的人性弱点和闪光的内在力量。他们的对话充满了张力与智慧,有时候一个眼神、一句看似随意的反驳,其中蕴含的信息量远超千言万语。我特别欣赏那种潜藏在表面平静之下的暗流涌动,每一次看似微不足道的互动,都可能成为未来重大事件的伏笔。阅读体验是一种层层剥开洋葱的过程,你以为已经触及核心,但下一页又会揭示出更深一层的复杂性。对于那些热衷于角色驱动型叙事的读者来说,这里的人物群像将是你们长久讨论和分析的对象。
评分这是一本在文字运用上达到了近乎诗歌般精致水准的书籍。作者的遣词造句极为考究,每一个形容词、每一个动词的选择都恰到好处地烘托了氛围,营造出一种既古典又现代的独特美学。我常常需要放慢速度,细细品味那些富有哲理性的段落,它们如同散落的珍珠,需要光线的折射才能显现其全部的光彩。故事的结构设计也相当巧妙,大量运用了非线性叙事的手法,通过不同角色的视角来拼凑出一个完整而多维的世界观,这种碎片化的信息整合过程,极大地调动了读者的主动思考能力。与那些直白讲述故事的作品相比,这本书更像是一场智力上的探戈,需要读者跟随作者的步调,在暗示与明示之间游走。对于那些热爱深度文学和语言艺术的读者来说,这本书无疑是一场盛宴,它挑战你的阅读习惯,但也以丰厚的回报来奖赏你的耐心和投入。
评分这部作品的叙事节奏简直让人欲罢不能,作者对人物内心世界的刻画入木三分,仿佛能触摸到角色们在时代洪流中的挣扎与渴望。故事的背景设定在一个充满张力和变革的时期,每一个场景的描绘都充满了历史的厚重感和现场感,让你身临其境地感受到那种即将冲破旧有束缚的躁动不安。我特别欣赏作者如何巧妙地 weaving 各种支线情节,它们看似独立,实则紧密地交织在一起,共同推动着主线故事的发展,让人在阅读的过程中始终保持着高度的专注力。尤其是一些关键转折点的处理,极其自然且出人意料,完全颠覆了我对后续情节的预测,这正是优秀文学作品的魅力所在。书中对女性角色群体困境的探讨,更是触及了深刻的社会议题,她们的反抗并非一蹴而就的,而是充满了妥协、自我怀疑和最终的觉醒,这种真实感让故事的力量得到了极大的增强。读完之后,那种久久不能平复的心情,是它给予读者的最宝贵的礼物之一。
评分从纯粹的阅读体验角度来看,这部作品的代入感达到了惊人的高度。它成功地营造了一种令人窒息却又充满活力并存的氛围,让你能清晰地感受到角色们所处的环境压力,那种想要挣脱却又不得不适应的矛盾心态被描绘得淋漓尽致。作者在处理情感高潮时的手法非常克制,没有过度煽情,而是通过环境描写和人物细微的肢体语言来烘托情绪,反而达到了更具穿透力的效果。这本书像是一面镜子,映照出我们在追求自由和自我实现道路上所必须付出的代价。它不是一本让人轻松消遣的书,它要求读者付出情感的投资和智力的参与,但正是这种投入,使得最终获得的情感共鸣显得尤为珍贵和深刻。读完后,你会发现自己对某些社会现象的理解,已经悄然发生了变化。
评分不得不说,作者在构建世界观的细节上展现了令人惊叹的功力。那些关于社会习俗、阶层差异乃至特定年代生活琐事的描述,都带着一种令人信服的真实感,让我感觉自己像是一个潜入了历史切片中的观察者。它不是那种让你沉浸于纯粹的逃避主义幻想,而是毫不留 কাক地将你拉回到一个充满限制但又孕育着希望的现实场域中去。情节的张力并非仅仅来自于戏剧性的冲突,更多的是源于角色们在面对巨大外部压力时,内心的道德困境和情感拉扯。那些关于选择与牺牲的拷问,贯穿始终,让人在合上书本后,仍然会不断地审视自己生命中的那些“非此即彼”的时刻。如果你期待的是一部能够引发你对自身价值观进行深刻反思的作品,那么这本书绝对值得你花时间去探索。
评分"Equality is never given, it is taken." -- Jane Bryant Quinn 四十年前《新闻周刊》的女性职员控告杂志性别歧视, 要求薪酬平等, 机会平等. 如今"女权"几乎成了可笑过时的名词, 其实隐形的歧视远未消除.
评分"Equality is never given, it is taken." -- Jane Bryant Quinn 四十年前《新闻周刊》的女性职员控告杂志性别歧视, 要求薪酬平等, 机会平等. 如今"女权"几乎成了可笑过时的名词, 其实隐形的歧视远未消除.
评分"Equality is never given, it is taken." -- Jane Bryant Quinn 四十年前《新闻周刊》的女性职员控告杂志性别歧视, 要求薪酬平等, 机会平等. 如今"女权"几乎成了可笑过时的名词, 其实隐形的歧视远未消除.
评分"Equality is never given, it is taken." -- Jane Bryant Quinn 四十年前《新闻周刊》的女性职员控告杂志性别歧视, 要求薪酬平等, 机会平等. 如今"女权"几乎成了可笑过时的名词, 其实隐形的歧视远未消除.
评分"Equality is never given, it is taken." -- Jane Bryant Quinn 四十年前《新闻周刊》的女性职员控告杂志性别歧视, 要求薪酬平等, 机会平等. 如今"女权"几乎成了可笑过时的名词, 其实隐形的歧视远未消除.
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