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1. www.womenshistory.org › real-women-north-countryReal Women of "North Country" - National Women's History Museum

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   It all came to a head in 1984 when Lois Jenson was stalked by a salaried co-worker who broke into her home and threatened her son. The union still refused to help her and management promised to transfer him but it never happened.

2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Jenson_vJenson v. Eveleth Taconite Co. - Wikipedia

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   Jenson v. Eveleth Taconite Co., 130 F.3d 1287 (8th Cir. 1997), was the first class-action sexual harassment lawsuit in the United States. It was filed in 1988 on behalf of Lois Jenson and other female workers at the Eveleth Taconite mine in Eveleth, Minnesota on the state's northern Mesabi Range, which is part of the Iron Range.

3. www.theguardian.com › film › 2006'It was like they'd never seen a woman before' - The Guardian

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   Feb 3, 2006 · Former miner Lois Jenson was the first woman to win a sex discrimination case in the US. Now her 14-year battle has inspired a film, and could win Charlize Theron an Oscar. Suzanne Goldenberg...

4. www.mesabitribune.com › one-of-the-first-silenceOne of the first Silence Breakers | | mesabitribune.com

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   Dec 9, 2017 · Lois Jenson, pictured here in 2005, filed the first class action sexual harassment lawsuit in 1988 against Eveleth Mines. The case, which also established the hostile work environment, helped changed the landscape for workplace sexual harassment.

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5. clearinghouse.net › case › 10850Case: Jenson v. Eveleth Taconite Co. - Clearinghouse

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   Affirmative action came to the Iron Range in 1974 when the U.S. government forced steel companies fill at least 20% of their jobs with women and minorities. The following year, Lois Jenson was hired as one of the first female workers in the Eveleth iron mine in northern Minnesota.

6. scholarworks.law.ubalt.edu › cgi › viewcontentViewing North Country: Sexual Harassment Goes to the Movies

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   Lois Jenson, had endured almost twenty-five years of sexual harassment and sexual harassment litigation which hanned her physical and mental health. As moving as North Country is, the film cannot be expected to convey the immensity of Lois Jenson's suffering and loss in her quest for justice.

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   Who is Lois Jenson in North Country?

   • North Country turns the diminutive Lois Jenson into the tall, dazzling Josey Aimes. The film creates a woman who is both of the audience's every day experience, yet larger than that experience, both visually and symbolically.

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   Why did Lois Jenson Sue Eveleth Mines?

   • Lois Jenson in 1988 sued her employer, Eveleth Mines, for sexual harassment. The class action case, the first of its kind for sexual harassment, was as much precedent setting as it was considered by some to be an affront to the largest employer on Minnesota’s Iron Range.

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   Who was Lois Jenson?

   • Among these women was a 27-year-old single mother named Lois Jenson. Jenson took a job at the mines because it paid 3 times as much as she could earn anywhere else and she needed a job that would pay enough to support herself and her young son and provide benefits such as health care.

   Real Women of "North Country" - National Women's History Museum

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   Is Lois Jenson a real person?

   • The actual case took three trials and caused tremendous physical, emotional, and mental suffering to the real-life Josey, Lois Jenson, who developed physical illness and post-traumatic stress syndrome. As depicted in the film, the harassed workers are women and the harassers are men.

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8. www.nytimes.com › 2005/10/21 › moviesA Few Women at a Mine, Striking a Blow for All

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   Oct 21, 2005 · Lois Jensen began working at Eveleth Mines in 1975 soon after a consent decree forced the company to hire women, only to find herself bombarded by lewd comments, vulgar graffiti, hard-core...