Gretchen Carlson
American broadcast journalist
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| December 7 2022 | President Joe Biden signed the Speak Out Act (S.4524), which was backed by Carlson, into law. |
| March 3 2022 | President Joe Biden signed the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act into law. |
| February 2022 | Helped champion the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act, which was passed by U.S. Congress. |
| 2021 | Carlson, along with Julie Roginsky and Cher Scarlett, wrote an essay for The Olympian supporting a Washington State bill to expand worker protections and prohibit employers from enforcing NDAs in cases of discrimination, assault, and harassment. |
| April 2021 | Featured on the PBS television program Finding Your Roots, which revealed her full Scandinavian-American heritage through investigative and DNA research. |
| 2020 | Received the Sandra Day O'Connor Lifetime Achievement Award from the Arizona Foundation for Women. |
| November 2020 | Business Insider published lawsuits revealing allegations of a toxic workplace culture at Bloomberg's company during the 1990s, which followed Lift Our Voices' campaign highlighting workplace harassment issues. |
| October 2020 | Joined PEOPLE (the TV Show!) as a special contributor. |
| July 2020 | Headlined a panel with Bethenny Frankel on philanthropic priorities during global emergencies at Town & Country's 2020 Philanthropy Summit. |
| January 2020 | Announced a new television deal with Blumhouse Productions to produce an interview-style series. |
| January 2020 | Carlson's organization Lift Our Voices asked presidential candidates to support their initiative, with Michael Bloomberg, Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders, and Amy Klobuchar declining to sign on. |
| 2019 | Carlson spoke at the Dreamforce Conference in San Francisco, where she met her childhood admiration, cellist Yo-Yo Ma. |
| 2019 | Co-founded Lift Our Voices to work towards banning non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) and forced arbitration clauses in employment agreements. |
| 2019 | Gretchen Carlson's career at Fox News was dramatized in the Showtime miniseries 'The Loudest Voice', with Naomi Watts portraying her role as co-anchor. |
| December 13 2019 | The film 'Bombshell' was released, depicting Carlson's experiences of sexual harassment at Fox News, with Nicole Kidman portraying Carlson's character. |
| August 2019 | Announced as host of two documentaries in the 'Beyond the Headlines' franchise: 'Escaping the NXIVM Cult: A Mother's Fight to Save Her Daughter' and 'The College Admissions Scandal'. |
| June 2019 | Carlson resigned from her position as Chairwoman of the Board of the Miss America Organization following internal backlash. |
| May 2019 | Testified before the House Judiciary Committee about sexual harassment and arbitration issues. |
| January 14 2019 | Premiered her documentary 'Gretchen Carlson: Breaking the Silence' on Lifetime, which focuses on workplace sexual harassment. |
| 2018 | Received the YWCA Phenomenal Woman Award and the New York National Organization for Women (NOW) Women of Power and Influence Award. |
| 2018 | Established the Gretchen Carlson March of Dimes Advocacy Fellows, a program that selected 20 women to become more civically involved in promoting legislation benefiting women and children. |
| May 2018 | Served as a correspondent on the television documentary series America Divided, producing an episode titled 'Washington's War on Women' with Norman Lear about sexual harassment on Capitol Hill. |
| April 2018 | Reached a first-look development deal with A&E Networks to host three documentary specials across its channels. |
| January 1 2018 | Gretchen Carlson was elected chairwoman of the board of directors of the Miss America Organization, a volunteer position. She initiated a significant change by removing the swimsuit competition from the pageant, following a unanimous board vote. |
| 2017 | Named one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People In The World. |
| 2017 | Created the Gift of Courage Fund and partnered with All In Together to launch the Gretchen Carlson Leadership Initiative (GCLI) to provide civic leadership and advocacy training to underserved women. |
| December 2017 | Joined a bipartisan coalition of legislators to introduce the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act, which aims to void forced arbitration agreements preventing sexual harassment survivors from accessing court proceedings. |
| 2016 | Came forward in support of the assault weapons ban just three weeks before being fired from Fox News. |
| September 6 2016 | 21st Century Fox settled Carlson's lawsuit for $20 million, including a public apology acknowledging that she was not treated with respect and dignity. |
| August 29 2016 | Carlson's Fox program 'The Real Story' aired its final episode, eight days after Ailes' resignation. |
| July 21 2016 | Roger Ailes resigned from Fox News following Carlson's sexual harassment lawsuit, with Carlson expressing relief that she would be believed. |
| July 6 2016 | Gretchen Carlson filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against Fox News chairman Roger Ailes in the Superior Court of New Jersey, alleging she was fired for refusing his sexual advances. |
| 2015 | Returned to Fox & Friends to promote her memoir 'Getting Real'. |
| 2014 | Returned to Fox & Friends during a Cooking With Friends segment with her children. |
| 2013 | Publicly revealed that Fox News female anchors were not allowed to wear pants during a radio show with Brian Kilmeade. |
| September 2013 | Left Fox & Friends to anchor The Real Story with Gretchen Carlson, a one-hour daytime program. |
| 2012 | Walked off the set of Fox & Friends after on-air colleagues made offensive comments about women in the workplace. |
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