Anita Hill is best known for her testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee during the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.
She was born Anita Faye Hill on July 30, 1956, in Morris, OK; daughter of Albert and Irma Hill. Education: Oklahoma State University, BS, 1977; Yale University School of Law, LLD, 1980 and excelled in her studies, gaining admission to the Yale Law School. After brief employment in a private practice, Hill accepted a position working for Clarence Thomas at the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights and later the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
On October 6, 1991, Anita Hill's life was dramatically and irrevocably changed when her charges of sexual harassment against a former employer, Clarence Thomas, were made public on the eve of his confirmation as a Supreme Court justice. After several years as a professor of law, Hill's past experiences with Thomas were thrust into the spotlight when she was called to give testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee during his confirmation hearings for his appointment to the Supreme Court. …show more content…
The committee ultimately chose to ignore Hill's testimony, and Thomas was appointed to the Supreme Court, but Hill's experiences made her a symbol and brought new attention to matters of equality and discrimination in the workplace. She is currently a professor at Brandeis University.
The issue of sexual harassment drew national attention during the 1991 Senate hearings on the confirmation of CLARENCE THOMAS to the U.S. Supreme Court. The substantive nature of the hearings had a huge impact on woman’s rights, as well as sexual harassment in the
She was born Anita Faye Hill on July 30, 1956, in Morris, OK; daughter of Albert and Irma Hill. Education: Oklahoma State University, BS, 1977; Yale University School of Law, LLD, 1980 and excelled in her studies, gaining admission to the Yale Law School. After brief employment in a private practice, Hill accepted a position working for Clarence Thomas at the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights and later the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
On October 6, 1991, Anita Hill's life was dramatically and irrevocably changed when her charges of sexual harassment against a former employer, Clarence Thomas, were made public on the eve of his confirmation as a Supreme Court justice. After several years as a professor of law, Hill's past experiences with Thomas were thrust into the spotlight when she was called to give testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee during his confirmation hearings for his appointment to the Supreme Court. …show more content…
The committee ultimately chose to ignore Hill's testimony, and Thomas was appointed to the Supreme Court, but Hill's experiences made her a symbol and brought new attention to matters of equality and discrimination in the workplace. She is currently a professor at Brandeis University.
The issue of sexual harassment drew national attention during the 1991 Senate hearings on the confirmation of CLARENCE THOMAS to the U.S. Supreme Court. The substantive nature of the hearings had a huge impact on woman’s rights, as well as sexual harassment in the