For lawyer and former teacher Jo Carol Nesset-Sale, the renewed spotlight on pregnancy discrimination against teachers—sparked by attention to presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren’s experiences as a teacher in the early 1970s—is both personal and instructive.

As a young teacher herself that same school year, Nesset-Sale—then with the married name of LaFleur—sued the Cleveland school district over a policy that required her to go on unpaid leave at the four-month point of her pregnancy and not return until at least three months after her child was born.

Source: She Was a Teacher. She Got Pregnant. Her Case Ended Up at the Supreme Court – Education Week