Sandra Bundy

Sandra Bundy (born March 12, 1934) is best known for her part in landmark case Bundy v. Jackson, which was the first federal appeals court case to hold that workplace sexual harassment was employment discrimination and a violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Biography Sandra Bundy grew up in Washington, D.C.

In the late 1960s, Bundy worked as a U.S. Department of Commerce clerk during the day, and as a grocery store cashier at night, but was still having major financial problems and filed for bankruptcy. Her boss at the U.S. Department of Commerce said she couldn't receive any more promotions because she lacked a college degree and she decided to find a new job.

Her supervisor Arthur Burton began making sexual comments about her in 1974, and asked her several times to leave work and go home with him, though Bundy said no every time. One time Burton called Bundy's home in the evening, though her number was unlisted, and then hung up on her when she refused to meet with him. The next time she complained to him, he ignored her complaints and asked if she was dating anyone, adding, "Because if not, I want to take you to bed myself." On the advice of a female colleague, she began keeping a diary and recording each incident. Bundy v. Jackson was heavily covered by the press and although it initially lost in court, after being appealed it became the first federal appeals court case to hold that workplace sexual harassment was employment discrimination and a violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The film has yet to be made.

Personal Bundy lives near Washington, DC. She has a piano and enjoys gardening, which she has said is "therapy for me."