Lois Jenson, a former miner, looks down the line and finds a slim blonde woman, covered in grubby layers of clothing, goggles, a hat and a bulky waist coat...not to save her from any accident or chill but to keep herself protected form her peer group-the fellow miners- that was she.
Lois Jenson, was the first women to ever win a sex discrimination case in the US, and this was the catalyst to revolutionize the way Americans work today. Jenson spent 14 years of her life to get justice...and she did, she won the case. Her 14 years of struggle is the inspiration behind the movie North Country, starring Charlize Theron that is all set to hit the theatres today.
Jenson won the case and Theron won the Oscar Nomination for the powerfully emoting all that Jenson would’ve faced at that time...such is the power of a woman.
“This movie has given me my life back,” said Jenson at Guardian. Read all that Jenson has to say in the context of the movie based on her life... and the nostalgia that she has about the struggling days at Guardian
Lois Jenson: The Inspiration behind "North Country" starring Charlize Theron
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She started making films and television in 1997 and since then directed several documentaries and TV-programs. She did her education from The National Film School of Denmark, department of documentary and television, graduated in 2003.
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I am a freshmen at Lakewood High School and I am doing a report on Lois Jenson, however I am having a hard time find information about her. NOT THE CASE but her who she was and what her life was like working at the mine. If anyone knows any information that could help me please send me an email at Brittanymbzoey@yahoo.com and tell me were I can find information about Lois at! Thank you for your time.
hello im also doing a report on lois jenson and i was wondering if you knew any information about her because my report is how she took a stand please help me is my final thanks
I’m doing a report on lois jenson and i also need more biography information and things about her life along with the case. So if anyone has info about who she was please let me know fubu_4real@hotmail.com
im as well doing a report on Lois Jenson herself not the movie North Country or th class action case. But her life an how it effected her. if you know how i can get this information pleasee email me at sc_mcconnell@yahoo.com thanks :)
im doing my national history day project on lois jenson, and i can not find a thing about her childhood. i might try to contact her, but i cant find her address or where she lives. if you know where she lives or even what state, that would by great. or if anyone found a website, can you email me? thanks! Zannie@chaska.net
Charlize Theron looks very beautiful in North Country
If you’re slightly familiar with my blog, you know that I’m currently involved in a sexual harassment legal nightmare: the second day after meeting my new boss at my new job, the married SOB grabbed me, kissed my neck, and propositioned me three times! I notified the CEO and human resources. Nothing was done. I needed to be hospitalized, to take anti-anxiety/anti-depression medication—most recently, my job threatened to have me arrested for theft because I didn’t return their laptop as quickly as they wanted. Now, my lawyer is fighting with their lawyer (and I am finding out, painfully, that the law is very weak to protect/help victims of sexual harassment/discrimination. In fact, the law goes out of its way to protect small companies like mine from being sued for sexual harassment!).
Anyway, since this nightmare has consumed my life for the past several months and will likely consume my life, time, and attention for the next several months, I figured I might as well try to make something positive come out of all of this.
WHO AM I?
Despite my “CrazySexyMetalChick!” moniker, I’m actually an honest to goodness writer/scholar:
I have a B.A. in Professional Writing from Penn State, Summa Cum Laude, 2008.
I received the Penn State Professional Writing Program Achievement Award, 2008.
I was a news writer and copy editor for the Penn State Collegian.
I was published in New York Newsday at age 12.
THE PROJECT
By the end of this year, I should receive my M.A. in Liberal Studies from Stony Brook (I’d like to go onto the Ph.D. after that). However, I must complete a research paper/project. For my project, I’m considering a study of individuals’ experiences with sexual harassment, company policies regarding sexual harassment (both written policy and what is actually done—often two very different things!), the application of the law, the inefficiency of current laws, the differing verbal/nonverbal communication styles of men and women in the workplace and how this can lead to sexual harassment, etc.
I’d like to collect and examine stories of sexual harassment from women (and men), preferably current situations or situations which have occurred within the last 5 years.
WHY SHOULD YOU BOTHER TO HELP ME?
1. I’m a Humanities/Social Sciences grad student. Everyone knows that such academic pursuits are strictly labors of love and as such, students in these pursuits deserve to be pitied and helped. Besides, maybe I can get my research paper published (not for profit, of course), and we all have an obligation to help push knowledge forward.
2. Sharing your story would likely be cathartic for you as well as for me.
I’ll likely be collecting stories until 9/2009 or 10/2009, since my paper will be due 12/2009. If you think you have a story you’d like to share with me, please email me: agirlandherjob@gmail.com
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