Lisa A. Goldstein, Author at WOMEN WHISTLEBLOWERS

Whistleblower Heidi Weber Fights for Education and Advocacy

Heidi Weber challenged a for-profit school in a groundbreaking case that’s been described as David vs Goliath. The former dean turned whistleblower has been through a nightmarish experience, but has come out on the other side with no regrets and a fervent desire to educate and help others. After 15 years as a medical assistant, … Read More

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Karen Silkwood, Nuclear Power Activist

By Lisa A. Goldstein

Karen Silkwood significantly changed the lives of workers in the nuclear power industry, but lost her life in the process. As one of the first women whistleblowers, she’s legendary. Born in Texas, Silkwood was the oldest of three daughters. In high school, she became interested in chemistry. She received a full college scholarship to study … Read More

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Body Cameras Don’t Lie: The Prosecutor Who Caught the Crooked Cop

By Lisa A. Goldstein

Christina Pumphrey was just doing her job when others weren’t doing theirs. Because of her, a corrupt cop in Jackson County, Florida, is no longer arresting innocent people and is off the streets. Now Pumphrey doesn’t have a job either and has filed a lawsuit against the state attorney’s office, but her moral compass has … Read More

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Marsha Coleman-Adebayo: Persistent Resistance in the 21st Century

By Lisa A. Goldstein

Green tongues, bleeding from every orifice, impotence, even deaths: These were some of the complaints South African miners working for an American company made in the mid-90s. When Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo visited as a representative of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and heard about these health issues, she naturally reported them to the agency and … Read More

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Reality Winner: Why Her Arrest Is No Joke

By Lisa A. Goldstein

Her name is sadly ironic. Reality Winner, a 26-year-old former Air Force linguist, made the news when she leaked a report on Russian election hacking. Her prize? A sentence of 63 months in prison plus three years of supervised release. Who is Winner, other than being called the first victim of the Trump Administration’s “war … Read More

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Nursing Home Horror Stories: Why Speaking Out Is Important

By Lisa A. Goldstein

Six years ago, Eryetha Mayberry’s three daughters suspected someone at her Oklahoma nursing home was stealing from her, so they installed hidden cameras in her room. The resulting video showed two employees forcing the 96-year-old patient with dementia to lie down by pushing her head and preventing her from breathing. One employee shoved latex gloves … Read More

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LeeAnne Walters: Water Warrior

By Lisa A. Goldstein

When it takes 45 minutes just to prep for a bath because you have to use bottled water, and bath time is only once a week because bottled water is expensive, so you use baby wipes for the rest of the week, you’re someone who will do what it takes to keep her kids safe. … Read More

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The Chemist who Fought the EPA and Won – Twice

By Lisa A. Goldstein

The gigantic plumes of smoke from the collapse of the Twin Towers made Manhattan look post-apocalyptic. Ground Zero released fumes until mid-December. How could breathing in this dust be anything but harmful? Yet a week after 9/11, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at the time told the public that this air was … Read More

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Susan Fowler, Fighting Bro-Culture All the Way to the Supreme Court

By Lisa A. Goldstein

It was the memo heard ‘round the world, a shot at the heart of Silicon Valley. When Susan Fowler published a 3,000-word essay on her website in February 2017 about her time at Uber and why she left, she felt it was the right thing to do. In her opener, she wrote, “It’s a strange, … Read More

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The Woman Who Followed Her Conscience and Tried to Stop a War

By Lisa A. Goldstein

With a last name of Gun, perhaps it’s not surprising that she’s called the spy who tried to stop a war. Except Katharine Gun did it by using what may be the strongest weapon of all: Words. Because she spoke out right away, she achieved something no other whistleblower had done – all because she … Read More

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Whistleblower Heidi Weber Fights for Education and Advocacy

Karen Silkwood, Nuclear Power Activist

Body Cameras Don’t Lie: The Prosecutor Who Caught the Crooked Cop

Marsha Coleman-Adebayo: Persistent Resistance in the 21st Century

Reality Winner: Why Her Arrest Is No Joke

Nursing Home Horror Stories: Why Speaking Out Is Important

LeeAnne Walters: Water Warrior

The Chemist who Fought the EPA and Won – Twice

Susan Fowler, Fighting Bro-Culture All the Way to the Supreme Court

The Woman Who Followed Her Conscience and Tried to Stop a War

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