September 29, 2026|Publications
By Jeanine M. Donohue, Above The Law, September 24, 2026
What sounds absurd now was still being treated as a workplace concession in the late 1980s.
There are moments that stay with you not because they were catastrophic, but because they captured an entire workplace culture in one small, ridiculous object. For me, that object was a box of Pamprin.
I graduated from college in 1987 and went to work as a case assistant for a highly respected, venerable San Francisco law firm. Our legal team included many recent college graduates, and the women in our group wore pants to work. We were on the lower floors of the firm, somewhat removed from the client meeting areas and power offices, so perhaps no one had yet focused on us.
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