Born: 1925 (circa), United States (assumed)
Died: Unknown
Country most active: United States
Also known as: NA
The following is excerpted from Infinite Women creator Allison Tyra’s book Uncredited: Women’s Overlooked, Misattributed, and Stolen Work.
In 1979, Helen B. Feeney sued the Personnel Administrator of Massachusetts due to employment discrimination. During her twelve years as a state employee, Feeney had lost several positions to male veterans despite her high test scores because of a law that gave hiring preference to veterans—most of whom were men. Although initially successful, she lost her case on appeal because female veterans existed, meaning that the law did not exclusively favour men at the expense of women and the bias was incidental rather than intentional—meaning the law was not meant specifically to keep women out, it was just an unintended side effect.