Clara Bingham is a former White House correspondent for Newsweek
and wrote Women on the hill: Challenging the Culture of Congress.
She has written for Talk, Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, and The
Washington Monthly. She is a graduate of Harvard University.
Laura Leedy Gansler is a lawyer specializing in alternative dispute
resolution and securities law. She is a former adjunct law
professor at American University. After graduating from Harvard
University, Gansler received a J.D. from the University of Virginia
School of Law in 1989.
“Riveting and engrossing. . . . A gripping and unforgettable
story.” –San Francisco Chronicle
A Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year
"Tightly written, extensively researched, and well-plotted. . .
.With the pacing of a novel, [the authors] engage the reader from
the outset. . . . Fascinating." —Los Angeles Times
"Bingham and Gansler have come up with mesmerizing, complex
portraits of the participants in a beautifully paced narrative. . .
. Impeccable." —The Washington Post
"Powerful. . . top-notch reporting. . . . Class Action is a
compelling court saga and an important historical
document."—Minneapolis Star Tribune
“Riveting, assiduously well-reported. . . A useful reminder of the
emotional and psychological cost of waging even the most
successful—and justified—lawsuits.” —The New Yorker
“Brilliantly reported, documented, and written. . . . Protagonist
Lois Jenson, a worker in a Minnesota mine, is the real Erin
Brockovich. Her war is not only that of every woman but of every
citizen.”–Bob Woodward, author of All the President’s Men
“A suspenseful page-turner. . . the reader feels a need to know
what happens next.” –Newsday
“Tells an important story of how the law can effect change and
bring justice into our lives. As women, we are indebted to Lois
Jenson for her courage and to Clara Bingham and Laura Leedy Gansler
for giving it voice.”–Caroline Kennedy, author of In Our Defense:
The Bill of Rights in Action
“Anyone who doubts that such a thing as a sexually hostile work
environment exists should read . . . Class Action.” –Elle
“Harrowing. . . . An enlightening, fast-moving narrative.”
–BookPage
“Always riveting, often horrific. . . . An unsparing look at the
real nature of judicial progress–and the costs of even this most
dramatic courtroom victories.”–Jeffrey Toobin, author of A Vast
Conspiracy
“A suspenseful narrative.” –Time
“A complex account of justice sought–and won. . . . Detailed but
not dense: a sturdy addition to the literature of social justice
and contemporary women’s issues.” –Kirkus Reviews
“Courageous. . . . Bingham and Gansler’s dogged legal anthropology
[shows] you don’t need bright-line heroism and villainy to bundle
together disparate acts of everyday degradation, name them . . .
and demand justice.” –New York Observer
“Bingham and Gansler’s fast-paced account of the sexual harassment
suit that forever altered the law is much stranger than fiction.”
–Marie Claire
“Readable and well-reported. . . . A fascinating piece of history.”
–The Deseret News
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