2026 Judith Ann Schiff Women’s History Program Film Series: 9to5 — The Story of a Movement, New Haven Museum
Saturday February 7, 2:30 PM
New Haven Museum, 114 Whitney Avenue, 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.
Ellen Cassedy, a founder of the 9to5 movement in the 1970s featured in the film, will join us for introductory comments and a discussion following the screening.
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.
