Ellen Cassedy was a founder of the 9 to 5 organization in 1973. She is the coauthor of 9 to 5: The Working Woman's Guide to Office Survival (with Karen Nussbaum) and The 9 to 5 Guide to Combating Sexual Harassment (with Ellen Bravo). Cassedy has been a columnist for the Philadelphia Daily News, a speechwriter in the Clinton administration, and a contributor to HuffPost, Redbook, Woman's Day, Hadassah Magazine, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and other publications.
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9 to 5 wasn’t just a comic film—it was a movement built by Ellen Cassedy and her friends. Ten office workers in Boston started out sitting in a circle and sharing the problems they encountered on the job. In a few short years, they had built a nati... SEE MORE