Ellen Cassedy
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Ellen Cassedy

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Ellen Cassedy is a co-founder of 9 to 5, the movement of working women; the
author of a book about reckoning with Holocaust history; and a translator from
Yiddish.

Ellen Cassedy was a founder of 9 to 5, the movement of working women that
mobilized for rights and respect on the job. "Working 9 to 5" is her
first-person account of how a diverse group of women took on the corporate
titans, organized a union, won victories from coast to coast – and inspired
Jane
Fonda’s hit movie and Dolly Parton’s enduring anthem.

In "We Are Here: Memories of the Lithuanian Holocaust," Ellen embarks on a
journey to connect with her Jewish family roots that expands into a wider
quest,
offering hope for a more tolerant future. Winner of the Grub Street National
Book Prize for Nonfiction, shortlisted for the William Saroyan International
Prize for Writing.

Ellen Cassedy is a translator from Yiddish. "Oedipus in Brooklyn and Other
Stories by Blume Lempel" (with Yermiyahu Ahron Taub) blends the realistic and
the fantastic, the lyrical and the philosophical. Winner of the Leviant
Memorial
Prize from the Modern Language Association. "On the Landing: Stories by Yenta
Mash" traces an arc across upheavals and regime changes, making a major
contribution to the literature of immigration and resilience. "So We Died:
A Memoir of Life and Death in the Ghetto of Šiauliai, Lithuania, by Levi Shalit (co-translated with Veronica Belling and Andrew Cassel) is a searing account of Holocaust experience.
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    • Working 9 to 5

    • A Women's Movement, a Labor Union, and the Iconic Movie
    • Written by: Ellen Cassedy
    • Narrated by: Hillary Huber
    • Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
    • Release date: 2022-09-06
    • Language: English
    • 1 rating

    $20.11 or free with 30-day trial

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    • We Are Here

    • Memories of the Lithuanian Holocaust
    • Written by: Ellen Cassedy
    • Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
    • Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
    • Release date: 2014-10-08
    • Language: English
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    $19.96 or free with 30-day trial