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Jun 25, 2022 · Nearly 20 years after her husband was confirmed to the Supreme Court, Ginni Thomas left a voicemail for Anita Hill asking her to apologize for accusing Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment.
Oct 1, 2021 · 30 Years After Her Testimony, Anita Hill Still Wants Something From Joe Biden. When Anita Hill testified about sexual harassment three decades ago, the Senate was skeptical. Now, she has ideas for ...
Sep 27, 2021 · Hill has said the committee refused to seriously examine her accusations and, crucially, did not allow testimony from other potential witnesses. Hill jokes in the book that she and her husband used to say, when their doorbell would ring unexpectedly in Massachusetts, that it was Biden coming to apologize.
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The uncomfortable spectacle of the hearings reverberated across the nation and had lasting consequences.
In October 1991, Americans were riveted by the spectacle of an all-white, all-male Senate Judiciary Committee questioning Anita Hill, the African-American law professor who had accused Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment.
TV viewers, both male and female, watched in increasing discomfort as the senators asked Hill about large-breasted women, a porn star named Long Dong Silver and pubic hair on a Coke can, among other previously unthinkable subjects for a Senate committee hearing.
But for women, Hill’s testimony would have special significance, as it was the first time someone had so publicly shared her account of workplace harassment—something that so many of them had experienced.
Though the committee would eventually confirm Thomas, making him only the second Black man to serve on the Supreme Court, the impact of Hill’s televised testimony would reverberate dramatically across the nation, with lasting consequences that endure today.
“I think women saw play out, in the most human terms, Anita Hill—credible and very much reflecting the experiences of so many other women—being demeaned, being dismissed and being mistreated by an array of male senators,” says Marcia Greenberger, founder and co-president emerita of the National Women’s Law Center. “And when they reflected upon it at the end of the hearings, their anger began to rise, and their determination to do something about it began to increase.”
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Mar 31, 2024 · Lawyer Anita Hill Before Testifying at Senate Judiciary Hearing (Bettmann Archive) Hill says that the current perspective around sexual harassment has shifted dramatically since the 1990s. "I ...
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Sep 27, 2021 · ABCNews.com. When Anita Hill accused then-Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of unwanted advances and lewd comments when she worked for him, she says it changed "just about every aspect" of her life.
Jul 17, 2015 · Anita Faye Hill was born in the rural town of Lone Tree, Oklahoma, on July 30, 1956. The youngest of 13 children, she was raised in a strongly religious environment on her parents' farm.
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