took many forms drawn from two major surveys conducted in 1975 and 1976. The Redbook Magazine Survey The Redbook survey of 1976 made room for crucial conversations about sexual harassment and women in the workplace. Although Redbook Magazine was known for doing mail-in surveys through their magazine, the number of statistics drawn from this one survey was overwhelming and can be said to have contributed to the various conversations that still take place. In the eyes of the public, this may have seemed like just numbers at first, but with the alarming rates of statistics present in the survey alone, it called for much more action and public attention than what the topic of sexual harassment was first getting. Such statistics showed that Merit System Protection Board Survey - Workplace and institutional harassment In addition to these conversations, other women like Mary Coeli Meyer and her coauthors attempted to refrain from the idea majority of society had from sexual harassment as a personal problem by emphasizing that sexual harassment was actually gender-neutral in their book entitled Sexual Harassment written in 1981. The ideal intent for this book and neutralizing the term sexual harassment was more so to refrain it from feminine critique. This notion of not taking sexual harassment seriously became more and more difficult as more studies were showing that sexual harassment was becoming a widely spread issue and negatively affecting women in particular. This progressed in the 1980s particularly after the Merit System Protection Board's survey of 1980. This survey, in particular, had drawn closer attention to organized advocacy groups located in the dimensions of governments, academic settings, and other federal workplaces. Tactics/Contributions Labor Pains In August 1975, Working Women United began releasing a newsletter, titled Labor Pains. The articles in the newsletter covered women's issues in the workplace, including perspectives from a variety of experiences. The stories came from women of all ages, all backgrounds, and of all professions. The newsletter showed women that they were not alone in their struggles and that these struggles were valid. Among these stories was Carmita Woods' encounter with sexual harassment and a summary of the May 4th 1975 Speak Out protest. Additionally, these articles offered women guidance in their fight back against sexual assault and sexual harassment in the workplace. The newsletter, along with other advocacy efforts of WWU, helped the organization gain national media attention. The efforts of Working