Such workplace indignities (rarely experienced by men) needed to be addressed, and the women who frequented these meetings finally had an opportunity to brainstorm together on ways to create change without jeopardizing their careers. We explore the seminal history of the organization, hosting informal get-togethers for female office workers who, during lunch breaks, shared their experiences of sexual harassment by male co-workers and bosses low wages, degrading job tasks and being overlooked for deserved promotions.
We discover how the concept for the film rose out of the women’s movement and Jane Fonda’s close friendship with fellow activist Karen Nussbaum and how, in 1973, Karen, along with her friend Ellen Cassedy, established the 9 to 5 National Association of Working Women, after experiencing many workplace indignities. The documentary opens with the deconstruction of the original “9 to 5” film and why it shone a light on gender inequality and discrimination in the workplace in the late 1970s.
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