{"id":20698,"date":"2020-11-25T14:39:42","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T22:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/?post_type=films&#038;p=20698"},"modified":"2025-10-14T15:23:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T22:23:55","slug":"9to5-the-story-of-a-movement","status":"publish","type":"films","link":"https:\/\/dipsy.pbs.org\/independentlens\/documentaries\/9to5-the-story-of-a-movement\/","title":{"rendered":"9to5: The Story of a Movement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They couldn\u2019t kill their bosses, so they did the next best thing\u00a0 \u2014 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">they organized.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When Dolly Parton sang \u201c9 to 5,\u201d she was doing more than just shining a light on the fate of American working women. Parton was singing the true story of a movement that started with 9to5, a group of Boston secretaries in the early 1970s. Their goals were simple\u2014better pay, more advancement opportunities and an end to sexual harassment\u2014but their unconventional approach attracted the press and shamed their bosses into change. Featuring interviews with 9to5\u2019s founders, as well as actor and activist Jane Fonda, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9to5: The Story of a Movement<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the previously untold story of the fight that inspired a hit and changed the American workplace.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They couldn\u2019t kill their bosses, so they did the next best thing\u00a0 \u2014 they organized. When Dolly Parton sang \u201c9 to 5,\u201d she was doing more than just shining a light on the fate of American working women. Parton was singing the true story of a movement that started with 9to5, a group of Boston [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":21372,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"topic":[1259,1239,1262,1226,1227],"class_list":["post-20698","films","type-films","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","topic-civil-liberties","topic-identity","topic-labor","topic-social-justice","topic-women-and-girls"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>9to5: The Story of a Movement | The Real Women Who Inspired the Song | PBS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"9to5: The Story of a Movement captures the real-life fight that inspired a hit and changed the American workplace.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dipsy.pbs.org\/independentlens\/documentaries\/9to5-the-story-of-a-movement\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"9to5: The Story of a Movement | The Real Women Who Inspired the Song | PBS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"9to5: The Story of a Movement captures the real-life fight that inspired a hit and changed the American workplace.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dipsy.pbs.org\/independentlens\/documentaries\/9to5-the-story-of-a-movement\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Independent Lens\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-14T22:23:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/dipsy.pbs.org\/independentlens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/9TO5_PubStills_08.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dipsy.pbs.org\/independentlens\/documentaries\/9to5-the-story-of-a-movement\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dipsy.pbs.org\/independentlens\/documentaries\/9to5-the-story-of-a-movement\/\",\"name\":\"9to5: The Story of a Movement | The Real Women Who Inspired the Song | PBS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dipsy.pbs.org\/independentlens\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dipsy.pbs.org\/independentlens\/documentaries\/9to5-the-story-of-a-movement\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dipsy.pbs.org\/independentlens\/documentaries\/9to5-the-story-of-a-movement\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/dipsy.pbs.org\/independentlens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/9TO5_PubStills_08.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-11-25T22:39:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-14T22:23:55+00:00\",\"description\":\"9to5: The Story of a Movement captures the real-life fight that inspired a hit and changed the American workplace.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dipsy.pbs.org\/independentlens\/documentaries\/9to5-the-story-of-a-movement\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/dipsy.pbs.org\/independentlens\/documentaries\/9to5-the-story-of-a-movement\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dipsy.pbs.org\/independentlens\/documentaries\/9to5-the-story-of-a-movement\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dipsy.pbs.org\/independentlens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/9TO5_PubStills_08.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/dipsy.pbs.org\/independentlens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/9TO5_PubStills_08.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080,\"caption\":\"Black and white photograph of a woman speaking into a megaphone at a rally for equal pay.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dipsy.pbs.org\/independentlens\/documentaries\/9to5-the-story-of-a-movement\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/dipsy.pbs.org\/independentlens\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"9to5: The Story of a Movement\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dipsy.pbs.org\/independentlens\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dipsy.pbs.org\/independentlens\/\",\"name\":\"Independent Lens\",\"description\":\"Independent Documentary Films\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/dipsy.pbs.org\/independentlens\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"9to5: The Story of a Movement | The Real Women Who Inspired the Song | PBS","description":"9to5: The Story of a Movement captures the real-life fight that inspired a hit and changed the American workplace.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/dipsy.pbs.org\/independentlens\/documentaries\/9to5-the-story-of-a-movement\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"9to5: The Story of a Movement | The Real Women Who Inspired the Song | PBS","og_description":"9to5: The Story of a Movement captures the real-life fight that inspired a hit and changed the American workplace.","og_url":"https:\/\/dipsy.pbs.org\/independentlens\/documentaries\/9to5-the-story-of-a-movement\/","og_site_name":"Independent Lens","article_modified_time":"2025-10-14T22:23:55+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/dipsy.pbs.org\/independentlens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/9TO5_PubStills_08.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/dipsy.pbs.org\/independentlens\/documentaries\/9to5-the-story-of-a-movement\/","url":"https:\/\/dipsy.pbs.org\/independentlens\/documentaries\/9to5-the-story-of-a-movement\/","name":"9to5: The Story of a Movement | The Real Women Who Inspired the Song | PBS","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dipsy.pbs.org\/independentlens\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dipsy.pbs.org\/independentlens\/documentaries\/9to5-the-story-of-a-movement\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dipsy.pbs.org\/independentlens\/documentaries\/9to5-the-story-of-a-movement\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/dipsy.pbs.org\/independentlens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/9TO5_PubStills_08.jpg","datePublished":"2020-11-25T22:39:42+00:00","dateModified":"2025-10-14T22:23:55+00:00","description":"9to5: The Story of a Movement captures the real-life fight that inspired a hit and changed the American workplace.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/dipsy.pbs.org\/independentlens\/documentaries\/9to5-the-story-of-a-movement\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/dipsy.pbs.org\/independentlens\/documentaries\/9to5-the-story-of-a-movement\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dipsy.pbs.org\/independentlens\/documentaries\/9to5-the-story-of-a-movement\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/dipsy.pbs.org\/independentlens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/9TO5_PubStills_08.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dipsy.pbs.org\/independentlens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/9TO5_PubStills_08.jpg","width":1920,"height":1080,"caption":"Black and white photograph of a woman speaking into a megaphone at a rally for equal pay."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/dipsy.pbs.org\/independentlens\/documentaries\/9to5-the-story-of-a-movement\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/dipsy.pbs.org\/independentlens\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"9to5: The Story of a Movement"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/dipsy.pbs.org\/independentlens\/#website","url":"https:\/\/dipsy.pbs.org\/independentlens\/","name":"Independent Lens","description":"Independent Documentary Films","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/dipsy.pbs.org\/independentlens\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dipsy.pbs.org\/independentlens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/films\/20698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dipsy.pbs.org\/independentlens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/films"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dipsy.pbs.org\/independentlens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/films"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dipsy.pbs.org\/independentlens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dipsy.pbs.org\/independentlens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20698"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/dipsy.pbs.org\/independentlens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/films\/20698\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32183,"href":"https:\/\/dipsy.pbs.org\/independentlens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/films\/20698\/revisions\/32183"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dipsy.pbs.org\/independentlens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dipsy.pbs.org\/independentlens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dipsy.pbs.org\/independentlens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=20698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}