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About Diane R. Williams
- Diane R.
- Williams was an African-American lawyer who is best known for her part in the landmark sexual harassment case, Williams v.
- Saxbe.
- Williams was fired from her job at the U.S.
- Department of Justice after refusing sexual advances from her boss.
- She sued in a Washington federal court and won, resulting in the first U.S.
- District Court ruling that quid pro quo sexual harassment constitutes sex discrimination under the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
- Williams was a news aide for the Washington Post in the late 1960s and also served as a reporter for the Chicago Tribune.
- She had a 30-year career as a lawyer.
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