Jenson v. Eveleth Taconite Co.

Throughout the 20th century, women were often seen as eye-candies and mannequins at work, and in many cases, they even encounter sexual molestation. Discrimination and harassment against women is still prevalent in the workplace. During the 2013 fiscal year, Courts enforced 7,256 charges of sexual harassment, out of which, women comprised 82.6 % of victims, while there were 27,687 cases of gender discrimination. Our era has seen new conventions and legal philosophies, which are steering towards

Civil Rights Act of 1991 Once upon a time our great nation was not so great. Blacks and women of every race did not have rights like we do now. They were not allowed to vote, work and get paid for equal work. Blacks and whites were separated, they were not allowed to do or go anywhere there was a white establishment. There were many protests at this time in our history and many people were hurt and/or died during political demonstrations. An epic moment in time was when John F. Kennedy brought

life, like the depiction of law in society. This much is true in the 2005 film “North Country”, directed by Niki Caro, based on a fictionalized interpretation of the first historic class action sexual harassment lawsuit in the United States, Jenson v Eveleth Mines. The film focuses on the main character Josie, a single mom to two children, trapped by her abusive husband and the lack of decent paying jobs for women so she could support her family. Josie escapes, going back to her hometown in the

The two movies I am going to compare are Thelma &Louise and North Country. The sexual harassments to women both happened in these two movies, but the solutions of the main characters were different, and the outcomes of them were disparate, therefore, I wondered how did the main characters in each movie responded to the sexual harassment, and if it is different, why was it? By focusing on the different situations and personalities of the characters, especially Thelma and Josey, I’m going to compare

Sexual Discrimination Case Brief: Lois Jensen v Eveleth Taconite Co. INTRODUCTION In 1989, Lois Jensen and Patricia S. Kosmach, miners in Northern Minnesota, filed the first ever class action sexual discrimination suit against an employer. The plaintiffs claimed they were the victims of hostile behavior such as: sexual harassment, abusive language, threats, stalking, and intimidation. The women desperately wanted a safe working environment and to be treated with respect. The plaintiffs won the liability

The movie North Country was inspired by Jenson v. Eveleth Taconite Co. a Supreme Court Case that changed sexual harassment in the workplace. In the film, North Country, Josey Aimes, a single mother of two, is one of the first women to work at an iron mine in Minnesota. After being abused by her ex-husband, Josey moves in with her parents in Northern Minnesota and starts working in an iron mine. This was the first time that the iron mines of North Minnesota hired female miners. During this time females

environment was created by these pranks persisting and being quite frequent, as to where she became uneasy working at our company and amongst her coworkers. In Jenson v. Eveleth Taconite Co. in the 1970s, Lois Jenson was also subject to a similar situation where a Hostile Work Environment was created in her job at Eleventh Taconite mine Co. in Minnesota, where she was regularly threatened and harrassed in a secual manner and felt