Subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Pocket Casts and NPR One. "įind us: Twitter / Facebook / Instagram / TikTok Music: "9 to 5," "5 to 9," and " Fly on the Wall. And a look at how far we have - or haven't - come since then. Today on the show, we meet the women behind the movement that inspired the movie. Starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and country singer Dolly Parton (who also wrote the famous theme song), 9 to 5 was one of the first movies focused on the lives of women in the workplace. They called themselves the "9to5."Īctress Jane Fonda then decided to turn the real life struggles of working women into a hit Hollywood movie. And in 1973, a group of secretaries in Boston formed a women's labor organization. Between the 1960s and 1980s, there was a real sense that big workplace changes were just beyond the horizon.Īt the time a very common job for women was clerical work. Dolly Parton, Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda in a scene from the movie "9 to 5"įlexible hours for working parents, daycare centers at the office, equal pay.
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