Wednesday, August 15, 2012

On This Date in Minnesota History: August 15

August 15, 1988 – Filed on this date, Lois E. Jenson v. Eveleth Taconite Co. was the first class-action sexual harassment lawsuit in the United States. It was filed on behalf of Lois Jensen and other female workers at the EVTAC mine in Eveleth, Minn., on the state’s northern Mesabi Range. The case was documented in the 2002 book Class Action and a 2005 fictionalized film version, North Country, starring Charlize Theron, Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sissy Spacek , Richard Jenkins  and Jeremy Renner.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenson_v._Eveleth_Taconite_Co.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Country_(film)

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