"After her astonishing testimony in the Clarence Thomas hearings, Anita Hill ceased to be a private citizen and become a public figure at the white-hot center of an intense national debate on how men and women relate to each other in the workplace. That debate led to groundbreaking court decisions and major shifts in corporate policies that have had a profound effect on our lives -- and on Anita Hill's life. Now, with remarkable insight and total candor, Anita Hill reflects on events before, during, and after the hearings, offering for the first time a complete account that sheds startling new light on this watershed event....Only after reading her detailed narrative of the Senate Judiciary proceedings do we reach a new understanding of how Washington -- and the media -- rush to judgment...."

Includes index.