THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT
Jo Carol Nesset-Sale
“I don’t want to forget the people who are impacted by wrongful rules.”
Educator, Mediator and Attorney.
Interviewed by Judy Waxman, Oral Historian, May 2024
Photo. Jo Carol, 1972.
More About Jo Carol:
- Jo Carole Neset-Sale website
- My Landmark SCOTUS Case, with Jo Carol (LaFleur) Nesset-Sale. In Episode 23 of the podcast, we’re joined by Jo Carol Nesset-Sale, who as a young woman brought forth a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit that found its way to the United States Supreme Court. Her case, Cleveland Board of Education v. LaFleur, was part of the societal sea change that resulted in women being able to remain in the workforce as their families grew. Jo Carol’s experience lit a fire in her to become a lawyer herself and transform the lives of her clients she serves.
- Jo Carol Nesset-Sale “Cleveland Board of Education v. LaFleur: A Look Back.” An interview for Emory School of Law’s Center for Trial Advocacy, by Reuben Guttmann, 2013
- “Cleveland Board of Education v. LaFleur.” Oyez.org