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The untold feminist David & Goliath story of the young women who fought Yale, lost their case, and changed America. Drawing on extensive research in the Yale archives, award-winning author of YALE NEEDS WOMENbrings to light the groundbreaking 1977 lawsuit that established legal precedents for addressing campus assault and helped transform the laws governing discrimination in America.

Anne Simon was 26 and just one year out of Yale Law School when she stepped up to file a class action suit against a formidable opponent: Yale University. The lawsuit charged that one professor had groomed and raped a sophomore; another had offered a student an A if she'd sleep with him; a third had sexually harassed a student seeking academic help. In all of these cases and more, Yale ignored the women's complaints.

Now, Perkins draws on never-before-used sources and transcripts to tell the full, riveting story of the first sexual harassment case of its kind. On one side sat an esteemed university, bankrolling a team of expensive male lawyers. On the other, female students risking shame and exposure, and one tenacious, fledgling lawyer. To any casual observer, these women did not stand a chance.

After one plaintiff withdrew and the court tossed others, a single brave witness remained: Pamela Price, a Black student from Cincinnati, whose word was pitted against that of her white, male professor. Undeterred, she and Simon stood their ground.

One for All is a true underdog tale, and an empowering, redemptive story of heroic women who fought back. Together, the women of Alexander vs. Yale broke the silence and changed the system, establishing two stunning legal precedents that are the foundation of today's protections against campus sexual assault and harassment.