Nadine Taub

Nadine Taub
Born(1943-01-21)January 21, 1943
Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.
DiedJune 16, 2020(2020-06-16) (aged 77)
New York City, U.S.
EducationSwarthmore College (BA)
Yale University (LLB)
SpouseOlof B. Widlund
RelativesAbraham H. Taub (father)

Nadine Taub (January 21, 1943 – June 16, 2020) was an American lawyer who laid the essential groundwork for women's rights in the workplace, including defending and winning the first sexual harassment case in the US in 1977. Taub played a pivotal, but largely unrecognized, role in the development of sexual harassment law in the United States.[1] As part of a group of young female lawyers in the 1970s, including Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Nancy Stearns and others, Taub made legal history by winning cases which argued that the Constitution protected women's rights.[2]

  1. ^ Baker, Carrie N.; Fleischer, Katie (July 31, 2020). "Rest in Power: Nadine Taub, Unsung Architect of Sexual Harassment Law - Ms. Magazine". Ms. Magazine. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
  2. ^ Green, Penelope (2020-07-24). "Nadine Taub, Early Leader in Women's Rights Law, Dies at 77". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-09-24.