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On the Basis of Sex is a 2018 American biographical legal drama film based on the life and early cases of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who was the second woman to serve as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
The somewhat exploitive title notwithstanding, this provocative film dramatizes the bitter, true-life struggle of "the Wilmar 8," eight women who, in 1977, began a two-year strike against the small Minnesota bank that employed them, charging sex discrimination in hiring and promotion.
Dec 24, 2018 · On the Basis of Sex details the Supreme Court justice's early days studying and practicing law amid sexism and discrimination, and an A-list cast is primed to bring each key player's role in...
Dec 23, 2018 · 'On the Basis of Sex' tells the story of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's early years as a lawyer. But how accurate is it?
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Fed up with an overtly sexist work environment where under-qualified men are promoted over considerably more experienced women, bank teller Irene (Jean Stapleton) engages a local attorney (Peter...
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Jan 1, 1984 · In 1976, the women working in a bank in Willmar, Minnesota become incensed because less-qualified men are being promoted over them. Head teller Jean Stapleton, with the help of attorney Peter Dvorsky and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, organizes an employee's union.
