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The Willmar 8 were eight female employees of the Citizens National Bank in Willmar, Minnesota, USA who went on strike on December 16, 1977 over charges of sex discrimination. The tellers and bookkeepers were protesting unequal pay and unequal opportunities for advancement. [1] The women were Doris Boshart, Irene Wallin, Sylvia Erickson Koll ...
Dec 16, 2017 · Forty years later, the Willmar 8, consisting of Irene Wallin, Sylvia Erickson Koll, Sandi Treml, Teren Novotny, Doris Boshart, Shirley Solyntjes, Jane Harguth Groothuis and Glennis Ter Wisscha ...
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Jun 28, 2013 · Willmar community was split. But the 14,000 people in Willmar were split. Five female employees remained with the bank. Some businesses blacklisted the Willmar 8 for years.
Apr 24, 1981 · The Willmar 8: Directed by Lee Grant. With Glennis Andresen, Doris Boshart, Terry Caine, Sylvia Erickson. Risking jobs, friends, family and the opposition of church and community, eight unassuming women begin the longest bank strike in American history.
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- Documentary
- Lee Grant
- 1981-04-24
The Willmar 8 outside the Citizens National Bank of Willmar (Kandiyohi County) during their first days on the picket line, December 1977. From box 51 of the St. Paul Dispatch/Pioneer Press photographs arranged by subject (photographs collection), ca. 1910–1985, Minnesota Historical Society.
Jan 12, 2024 · WILLMAR — So many people were interested in attending a public screening Jan. 10 of the new Pioneer PB S film about the Willmar 8 bank strike that the location had to be changed just a day ahead ...
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The Willmar 8. Academy Award winner Lee Grant's feature directorial debut follows eight women in America's heartland who are driven by gender discrimination to picket the bank where they work, in the dead of winter. Risking jobs, family, & their place in the community, the Willmar 8 began the longest bank strike in American history.
