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* SeeminglyWholesomeFiftiesGirl: Cindy is a Seemingly Wholesome Sixties (Later Seventies) Girl who dresses cutely, is married, shy and sweet. She’s also [[spoiler:an alcoholic and cheating on her husband,]] all the while being one of the main actors in the women’s plan to file their complaint.

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* SeeminglyWholesomeFiftiesGirl: SeeminglyWholesome50sGirl: Cindy is a Seemingly Wholesome Sixties (Later Seventies) Girl who dresses cutely, is married, shy and sweet. She’s also [[spoiler:an alcoholic and cheating on her husband,]] all the while being one of the main actors in the women’s plan to file their complaint.
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They eventually get a lawyer and plan to file a complaint with the EEOC, but gaining the support of a majority of their fellow researchers is difficult. Wick and Finn, the editors who struggle to work together to give the magazine a new direction, their reporters, who take them for granted, and researcher Jane, who is determined to play by the rules and get to write that way – all of them need to be carefully handled and kept in the dark in order for no one to get fired before the complaint is filed.
However, Patti and Cindy won’t be kept down, even as the relationships in their lives deteriorate, they are caught in love triangles, and their campaign takes several hits along the way.

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They eventually get a lawyer and plan to file a complaint with the EEOC, but gaining the support of a majority of their fellow researchers is difficult. Wick and Finn, the editors who struggle to work together to give the magazine a new direction, their reporters, who take them for granted, and researcher Jane, who is determined to play by the rules and get to write that way – all of them need to be carefully handled and kept in the dark in order for no one to get fired before the complaint is filed.
filed. However, Patti and Cindy won’t be kept down, even as the relationships in their lives deteriorate, they are caught in love triangles, and their campaign takes several hits along the way.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Several characters cheat on their significant others during the show, including [[spoiler:Cindy on Lenny with Ned, Pattie on Doug with Finn, and Naomi on her husband with Sam]].

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[[caption-width-right:182: [[{{Adorkable}} Cindy]], [[TheHero Patti]] and [[GoGetterGirl Jane]].]]

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[[caption-width-right:182: [[{{Adorkable}} Cindy]], Cindy, [[TheHero Patti]] and [[GoGetterGirl Jane]].]]



* {{Adorkable}}: Cindy, who’s sweet, wears glasses, and often fumbles and stutters awkwardly.
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''Good Girls Revolt'' is a 2016 [[Creator/AmazonStudios Amazon Original]] show based on the book 'The Good Girls Revolt' which is BasedOnATrueStory

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''Good Girls Revolt'' is a 2016 [[Creator/AmazonStudios Amazon Original]] Creator/PrimeVideo show based on the book 'The Good Girls Revolt' which is BasedOnATrueStory
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* HotScoop: Most of the researchers, though they aren’t actual reporters.
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* TheVietnamWar: A major debate between Wick and Finn is whether, or how much (and from what angle), to cover the war. It also greatly influences several characters’ lives, including Naomi’s, Marybeth’s, and Noah’s.
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[[caption-width-right:182: [[{{Adorkable}} Cindy]], [[TheHero Patti]] and [[GoGetterGirl Jane]].]]
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* WatchItStoned: Patti watches the news stoned to feel a part of it (her boss asks her why being at News of the World doesn’t make her feel part of the news). She also suggests this to him regarding music and even gives him a joint to try out. Towards the end of the first season, Gregory and Jane discuss paintings at an exhibition and he wonders whether he’d enjoy them more if he were on LSD.

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* WatchItStoned: Patti watches the news stoned to feel a part of it (her boss asks her why being at News of the World Week doesn’t make her feel part of the news). She also suggests this to him regarding music and even gives him a joint to try out. Towards the end of the first season, Gregory and Jane discuss paintings at an exhibition and he wonders whether he’d enjoy them more if he were on LSD.
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'Good Girls Revolt' is a 2016 [[Creator/AmazonStudios Amazon Original]] show based on the book 'The Good Girls Revolt' which is BasedOnATrueStory

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'Good ''Good Girls Revolt' Revolt'' is a 2016 [[Creator/AmazonStudios Amazon Original]] show based on the book 'The Good Girls Revolt' which is BasedOnATrueStory



Set in 1969/70, times in America are a-changing – but not at News of the World, where men are reporters and women are researchers. A group of women, led by Patti Robinson, a free spirit who wants to be a reporter, and Cindy Reston, unhappily married, who dreams of being a novelist but only has been allowed by her husband to stay at the magazine for a year before they start a family.

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Set in 1969/70, times in America are a-changing – but not at News of the World, Week, where men are reporters and women are researchers. A group of women, led by Patti Robinson, a free spirit who wants to be a reporter, and Cindy Reston, unhappily married, who dreams of being a novelist but only has been allowed by her husband to stay at the magazine for a year before they start a family.



* {{Housewife}}: Most of the researchers are expected by those around them to become this once they get married. Cindy’s husband especially wants her to stay home and raise a family, and Bea asks Jane why she’s still at News of the World and not married yet.

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* {{Housewife}}: Most of the researchers are expected by those around them to become this once they get married. Cindy’s husband especially wants her to stay home and raise a family, and Bea asks Jane why she’s still at News of the World Week and not married yet.



* NeverASelfMadeWoman: There are no women in power at the magazine, except Bea who’s the publisher, and she inherited News of the World from her father.

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* NeverASelfMadeWoman: There are no women in power at the magazine, except Bea who’s the publisher, and she inherited News of the World Week from her father.



* QuittingToGetMarried: The researchers at News of the World are expected to do this, if not to get married, then at least when they start a family.

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* QuittingToGetMarried: The researchers at News of the World Week are expected to do this, if not to get married, then at least when they start a family.




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* TechnicalVirgin: The girls have a discussion about virginity, with Cindy and Patti asking Jane, who’s saving herself for marriage, whether she does ‘other stuff’. Cindy states that she was a virgin when she got married, but that she 'did other stuff' before anyway.
* TextileWorkIsFeminine: Cindy enjoys making clothes herself, and says the same about Bea, though it doesn’t appear to be the case when Bea actually shows up at the magazine.
* ThatCameOutWrong: Gabe tells Denise (the only prominent black researcher) that he’s gathered that she’s ‘a chocolate person’. He quickly amends it to “or that you – like – chocolates…”
* UnkemptBeauty: In contrast with the other women on the show whose hair is usually either done up, curled or bobbed, Patti wears her long hair down.
* VaporWear: Patti goes noticeably braless quite often, specifically under her red jumper in the very first episode.
* TheVietnamWar: A major debate between Wick and Finn is whether, or how much (and from what angle), to cover the war. It also greatly influences several characters’ lives, including Naomi’s, Marybeth’s, and Noah’s.
* VirginInAWhiteDress: Jane wants to be this. [[spoiler:When she’s drunk with Patti, she shouts that she won’t get married in a white dress – letting Patti know that she slept with her neighbour.]] Cindy also mentions that she was a virgin when she got married.
* WatchItStoned: Patti watches the news stoned to feel a part of it (her boss asks her why being at News of the World doesn’t make her feel part of the news). She also suggests this to him regarding music and even gives him a joint to try out. Towards the end of the first season, Gregory and Jane discuss paintings at an exhibition and he wonders whether he’d enjoy them more if he were on LSD.
* WhamLine: “I, uh, I never had any problems after.” [[spoiler:Cindy's had abortions in the past. All throughout the first season there have been more and more hints that she doesn't want / feel ready for a child, but this radically alters the perception of her character, showing how proactive and goal-oriented she really is and has been for a while.]]
* YourCheatingHeart: Several characters cheat on their significant others during the show, including [[spoiler:Cindy on Lenny with Ned, Pattie on Doug with Finn, and Naomi on her husband with Sam]].
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Set in 1969/70, times in America are a-changing – but not at News of the World, where men are reporters and women are researchers. A group of women, led by Patti Robinson, a free spirit who wants to be a reporter, and Cindy Reston, unhappily married, who dreams of being a novelist but only has been allowed by her husband to stay at the magazine for a year before they start a family.

In the first episode, a new researcher, Nora Ephron, is hired and does things her own way, rewriting her reporter’s article and wanting credit for it, which gets her fired. This inspires Patti and Cindy, and some of the other girls, to think of new possibilities – equal pay, getting to write, getting bylines.

They eventually get a lawyer and plan to file a complaint with the EEOC, but gaining the support of a majority of their fellow researchers is difficult. Wick and Finn, the editors who struggle to work together to give the magazine a new direction, their reporters, who take them for granted, and researcher Jane, who is determined to play by the rules and get to write that way – all of them need to be carefully handled and kept in the dark in order for no one to get fired before the complaint is filed.
However, Patti and Cindy won’t be kept down, even as the relationships in their lives deteriorate, they are caught in love triangles, and their campaign takes several hits along the way.

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!! 'Good Girls Revolt' contains examples of:

* {{Adorkable}}: Cindy, who’s sweet, wears glasses, and often fumbles and stutters awkwardly.
* TheAlcoholic: [[spoiler:Cindy]] hits the bottle pretty hard, at first when she’s stressed, by the end of the season she has a little bottle of liquor with her when she goes on travels and takes a swig when she’s happy.
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Jane, Cindy, and Patti. However, while Cindy is by no means stupid, she’s not the designated smart one. Patti is definitely a FieryRedhead, but Jane is anything but a DumbBlonde.
* DescentIntoAddiction: [[spoiler:Cindy]] seems to be doing is, drinking more, and more often, as the show goes on.
* DoggedNiceGuy: Sam to Jane, a low-key yearning version. She’s not very interested, and he [[spoiler:eventually sleeps with Naomi]].
* FourthDateMarriage: Patti considers her sister’s marriage this as she’s only eighteen and wants to get married before her husband leaves for [[UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar Vietnam]].
* FreudianTrio: Patti is the id, pursuing her cause without thinking too much about it, Jane is the superego, who [[spoiler:when she joins the others immediately]] brings up their lack of research, and Cindy is the ego who reconciles the two and tries to keep the team together.
* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Averted with [[spoiler:Angie]], who has an abortion that all the girls at the office donate towards and isn’t portrayed negatively at all. [[spoiler:At the same time, we find out that Cindy’s also had abortions in the past]].
* HappilyMarried: Eleanor and her husband are very cute and obviously happy together and excited to have a child.
* HotScoop: Most of the researchers, though they aren’t actual reporters.
* {{Housewife}}: Most of the researchers are expected by those around them to become this once they get married. Cindy’s husband especially wants her to stay home and raise a family, and Bea asks Jane why she’s still at News of the World and not married yet.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: [[spoiler:Cindy grabs a glass in Ned’s office]] when he makes clear to her that he’s not interested in a serious relationship after she’s told her husband she’s been having an affair.
* IntoxicationEnsues: At New Year’s at the Chelsea, when Patti and some of the researchers get high.
* LadyDrunk: Bea, who likes her bourbon (and her martinis).
* MaritalRapeLicense: Patti asks Cindy whether she feels she has to have sex with Lenny. Cindy just shrugs and says he’s her husband.
* NeverASelfMadeWoman: There are no women in power at the magazine, except Bea who’s the publisher, and she inherited News of the World from her father.
* OfficeRomance: Common between reporters and researchers: Patti and Doug, [[spoiler:Cindy and Ned, Sam and Naomi]] (well – office once night stand in that case).
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Patti is never called Patricia, and her name is only seen once, in the tenth episode, on a list of signatures.
* ThePowerOfFriendship: All the girls contribute money to help [[spoiler:Angie]] pay for her abortion.
* QuickNip: When [[spoiler:Cindy]] comes back from Washington in the tenth episode, she smiles in the taxi and takes a nip from a little bottle of liquor she has in her handbag.
* QuittingToGetMarried: The researchers at News of the World are expected to do this, if not to get married, then at least when they start a family.
* SeeminglyWholesomeFiftiesGirl: Cindy is a Seemingly Wholesome Sixties (Later Seventies) Girl who dresses cutely, is married, shy and sweet. She’s also [[spoiler:an alcoholic and cheating on her husband,]] all the while being one of the main actors in the women’s plan to file their complaint.
* SilkHidingSteel: Jane. She’s always proper and calm outwardly, and accepts her bosses’ decisions, but she isn’t afraid to get serious when things reach a certain point.
* SleepingWithTheBoss: Eleanor brings this up at a meeting, asking the researchers who’s slept with their boss, and then asking who’s slept with a man they weren’t sure was their boss or not (i.e. their reporter). There’s also something going on between [[spoiler:Patti and Finn, though we’ve only seen them kiss]].

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