The first history--incisive, witty, fascinating--of the fight against sexual
harassment, from the author of the New York Times bestseller Sisters in Law
Linda Hirshman, acclaimed historian of social movements, delivers the sweeping
story of the struggle leading up to #MeToo and beyond: from the first tales of
workplace harassment percolating to the surface in the 1970s, to the
Clinton/Lewinsky scandal--when liberal women largely forgave Clinton, giving men
a free pass for two decades. Many liberals even resisted the movement to end
rape on campus.
And yet, legal, political, and cultural efforts, often spearheaded by women of
color, were quietly paving the way for the takedown of abusers