''Good Girls Revolt'' is an American

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television series. It is inspired by Lynn Povich's 2013 book '' The Good Girls Revolt'' and based on real-life events. The show was released on October 28, 2016, on

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. On December 2, 2016, Amazon cancelled the series after one season.Deadline Hollywood, ''‘Good Girls Revolt’ Is Officially Over After Rescue Efforts Fail, Says Creator'' by Nellie Andreeva, January 11, 2017
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Plot

The series follows a group of young female writers at the fictitious ''News of the Week'' magazine (representing the real ''

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'' of the non-fiction book '' The Good Girls Revolt'') in the revolutionary times of the women's movement. Women in the newsroom ("The Pit") are relegated to low-level positions (the researchers). Many researchers are more talented and better educated than their male colleagues (the reporters), and do original writing ("files") that the reporters later incorporate more-or-less directly into their stories, often without adaptation ("rewrite"), and always without attribution ("byline"), yet they are paid considerably less. These women have a sense that they're paid a lot less, and during the series it emerges just how much lower their pay is (about one-third of their colleague reporter's salary). But also at issue is the fact that their writing is not recognized: on a rare occasion when a female researcher's writing is openly accepted (such as when a male reporter quits just before a deadline), the researcher's story is nonetheless published as written by her, but under the departed reporter's byline only.

Cast

Main

* Genevieve Angelson as Patricia "Patti" Robinson * Anna Camp as Jane Hollander * Erin Darke as Cindy Reston * Hunter Parrish as Douglas "Doug" Rhodes * Chris Diamantopoulos as Evan Phinnaeus "Finn" Woodhouse * Joy Bryant as Eleanor Holmes Norton

Recurring

* Jim Belushi as William "Wick" McFadden * Grace Gummer as

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as Naomi * Leah Moth as Vivian * Daniel Eric Gold as Sam Rosenberg * Teddy Bergman as Gabriel "Gabe" Greenstone * J. P. Manoux as JP Crowley * Michael Graziadei as Gregory * Alexander DiPersia as Noah Benowitz * Cheyenne Haynes as Novo

Episodes

Reception

''Good Girls Revolt'' has received generally positive reviews from critics, with most comparing it to ''

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'' and some calling it a female version of that show. On

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, a score of 71% was reported with its critical consensus saying: "''Good Girls Revolt'' features a compelling true story, told by a talented cast, even if the period drama hasn't yet achieved ''Mad Men''-level mastery". On

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, it has a 66 out of 100 score indicating, "generally favorable reviews".

References

External links

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LynnPovich.com
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