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#MeToo on the 1930s silver screen

  • Written by Marsha Gordon, Professor of Film Studies, North Carolina State University
In 'Three Wise Girls' (1932), Cassie (Jean Harlow) has to fend off her handsy boss.Columbia Pictures Corporation, Author provided

Time’s 2017 Person of the Year was “The Silence Breakers,” a growing contingent of women who have been speaking out about sexual harassment by men in positions of power.

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