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Claiming she was fired as the president of the University of Alabama in Birmingham in September 2001 because the system's chancellor "did not want to continue to have to deal with a forceful woman," W. Ann Reynolds sued the system's board of trustees in May.
She charged that Thomas C. Meredith, system chancellor at the time, treated her "in a demeaning and sexist manner," citing examples of his treating her less respectfully than the two male presidents in the system. They included: having her stand in line in the rain to buy theater tickets for him, restricting her contact with board members, and after firing her, ...