North Country is a 2005 American drama film directed by Niki Caro....North CountryStarringCharlize Theron, Woody Harrelson, Frances McDormand78th Academy Awards6 more rows
She also discovers that Glory has Lou Gehrig's Disease, and her health is declining rapidly. Alice and Hank argue over Josey's lawsuit, and when Hank still refuses to forgive his daughter, Alice leaves him.
Josey Aimes is based on Lois Jenson, who started working in the mines in 1975 and endured thirteen years of harassment before filing her first lawsuit. Jenson v. Eveleth Mines was settled in 1998, ten years after it was first filed, and over twenty years after the harassment began.
"North Country," which tells her story, is inspired by the life of a real person, Lois Jenson, who filed the first class action lawsuit for sexual harassment in American history.Oct 20, 2005
'North Country': A Real Event, Made to Feel Fake. North Country, starring Charlize Theron, is about the sexual harassment class action lawsuit that the women of EVTAC mines in Minnesota filed in the 1980s. Critic Turan says the taint of melodrama affects the entire movie, despite a good performance by Theron.Oct 21, 2005
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Question: What was more challenging, the lawyering or the hockey? Woody Harrelson: I had a hard time with that hockey. I hadn't grown up skating, so that was my biggest challenge. We worked on it and worked on it.Sep 27, 2005
When, in 1975, she heard the Eveleth Mines were hiring, Jenson applied. She was among the first women they ever hired. "It really was about getting a better paying job with benefits. I didn't go there to bring up issues.Feb 2, 2006
$3.5 millionOn December 23, 1998, just before the trial was set to begin, fifteen women settled with Eveleth Mines for a total of $3.5 million.
Jenson, a single mother, applied because the job paid $5.50 an hour and offered insurance. Male miners saw the women as a threat. They looked at Jenson “like they'd never seen a woman before.” On her second day, a miner told Jenson, “You … women don't belong here.Feb 26, 2018
North Country. noun the North Country. another name for North 1 (def. 1) the geographic region formed by Alaska, the Yukon, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut.