He is a true folk hero. We … Real Women of "North Country" May 6, 2006. Aimes returned to her … 2 The Terminator T2: Judgment Day Insomnia The King Of Comedy Shutter Island Road To Perdition American Beauty Million Dollar Baby Gran Torino There Will Be Blood Gangs Of New York Gone, Baby, Gone Reqiuem For A … In 1975, there were 600 men and four women working at the EVTAC mine. 1 Kill Bill Vol. American Association of University Women Chapter and National Women's History Museum Honor the Real Women of “North Country” In April 2006, the Hibbing, Minnesota, chapter of the American Association of University Women held a ceremony honoring the women workers at Eveleth Mines who filed the first class-action sexual harassment lawsuit. 4 years ago. Source(s): https://shrinke.im/a8m7d. In the late '80s, Josey Aimes (Charlize Theron) fled her abusive husband, and needed to find a way to support her two children. Josey Aimes. Login to reply the answers Post; Anonymous. The filmmakers say Josey Aimes is a character inspired by Jenson's lawsuit but otherwise fictional; the real Jenson is not an Erin Brockovich-style firebrand, and keeps a low profile. North Country, starring Charlize Theron, is about the sexual harassment class action lawsuit that the women of EVTAC mines in Minnesota filed in the 1980s. Josey’s story parallels Jenson’s, but some details are based on the lives of other women from the mine. With Charlize Theron, Jeremy Renner, Frances McDormand, Thomas Curtis. A fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the United States, Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines, where a woman who endured a range of abuse while working as a miner filed and won the landmark 1984 lawsuit. The story of Bill Wilson has been told throughout the Ozark Mountains since he began his bloody career in 1861 to the present day. 0 0 0. What Charlize Theron does with the character is bring compelling human detail. Theron’s character, Josey Aimes, is based on real-life miner Lois Jenson. Directed by Niki Caro. In 1989, Josey Aimes flees from her abusive husband back to her hometown in northern Minnesota with her children, Sammy and Karen, and moves in with her parents, Alice and Hank. A Clockwork Orange The Shining Kill Bill Vol. Plot.