2026 Judith Ann Schiff Women’s History Program Film Series: 9to5 — The Story of a Movement, Congregation Beth El-Keser Israel
Sunday, February 8 (snow date Sunday, February 22), 10AM – 12 noon
Congregation Beth El Keser Israel, 81 Harrison Street, New Haven, CT
9to5—The Story of a Movement is a documentary about the real-life 1970s Boston office workers who formed the 9to5 organization to fight for better promotion opportunities and an end to sexual harassment, inspiring the hit song and movie 9 to 5. It chronicles how these women merged the women’s movement with the labor movement, bringing critical issues like equal pay, family leave, and harassment to the national stage, a fight whose impact on workplace equality continues today.
Discussion following the film with several of the BEKI members involved in planning the March 1st program at the New Haven Museum, including Rhoda Zahler Samuel, Susan Voigt, Helene Sapadin, Carole Bass, and Nicole Zador. Co-sponsored by the BEKI Sisterhood.
Each screening in this winter film series portrays some of the amazing women who have and continue to fight for workers’ rights, and raises the issues faced by women as clerical workers, factory workers, and teachers from around the nation. It serves as a prelude to the 4th Annual Judith Ann Schiff Women’s History Program, A Wonderful Struggle, on March 1, 2026, 2:00 pm, at the New Haven Museum, which will focus on local Jewish women involved in labor organizing and unions.
Presented by The Jewish Historical Society of Greater New Haven, The New Haven Museum, Hilton C. Buley Library of Southern Connecticut State University, Whitney Center, and the Ethnic Heritage Center.
This film series is sponsored by the Jewish Foundation of Greater New Haven.
