[4] The founders, Freada Kapor Klein, Lynn Wehrli, and Elizabeth Cohn-Stuntz had all worked at th Washington DC rape crisis center, and were experienced in addressing sexual harassment claims.
[6] In 1978, Susan Meyer and Karen Sauvigné, friends of activist Lin Farley, created a National Information and Referral Service with the help of a $6,500 grant from the city of New York.
Meyer and Sauvigné had also worked at the Washington DC Rape Crisis Center, and had campaigned against sexual harassment in the District of Columbia.
The hotline provided emotional support and advice to victims of sexual harassment, and referred callers to attorneys and counselors.
[6] Freada Klein and Lynn Wehrli released a publication stating that legal reform was required in order to address widespread sexual coercion.
[citation needed] Members of the AASC published materials in order to increase awareness around sexual harassment, as well as its history, social context, and legal implications.
[9][10] The twenty-three page 1977 brochure was created by AASC members Rags Brophy, Mary Bularzik, Martha Hooven, Freada Klein, Elizabeth Cohn-Stuntz, and Lynn Wehrli, using a grant from Wellesley College's Center for Research on Women in Higher Education and the Professions.
In the 1978 article "The Role of Capitalism: Understanding Sexual Harassment", members Martha Hooven and Nancy McDonald argued that the capitalist system relied on hierarchies in order to function, including those created by sexism and racism.