Major Initiatives and Involvement
- Wins Sprogis v. United Airlines (marital status discrimination and age discrimination), 1971.
- Establishes the Judicial Appointment Project and the National Judicial Education Program to increase the number of female federal judges and eliminate gender bias in the courts, 1978-88.
- Wins Tallon v. Liberty Hose, (women as firefighters and gender-bias), 1982.
- Robinson v. Jacksonville Shipyards (workplace pornography constitutes sexual harassment), 1991 and 1995.
- Crafts the Violence Against Women Act, 1994.
- Authors and works to enact the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, 1994.
- Amicus curiae in United States v. Virginia involving the Virginia Military Institute's denial of admission to women, 1996.
- Founded Women's eNews in 1999 as an online news service highlighting women's issues.
- Lobbyist in favor of the Child and Dependent Care tax credit, 2001.
- Apessos v. Memorial Press Group, (employer's discrimination against abuse victim by denying leave from work to obtain protection orders is unlawful), 2002.
- Amicus curiae in Nevada Department of Human Resources v. Hibbs, 2003.
- Argued United States v. The City of New York, (interpreting the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as applied to welfare recipients), 2004.
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