Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Crystal Lee Sutton, R. I. P.

Crystal Lee Sutton, the Real-Life ‘Norma Rae,’ Is Dead at 68 - Obituary (Obit) - NYTimes.com: "Crystal Lee Sutton, the union organizer whose real-life stand on her worktable at a textile factory in North Carolina in 1973 was the inspiration for the Academy Award-winning movie “Norma Rae,” died Friday in Burlington, N.C. She was 68."

Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.

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