Scope and Contents From the File: This case concerns Peggy Shields, employed as a clerk-typist by the Household Finance Corporation (HFC), a Delaware-based lending institution. Shields began working for HFC's Alameda, California office in February 1971. She was promoted to assistant manager and transferred to HFC's Oakland office, with increasing responsibility, assuming the duties of her manager when her manager was not present. She receieved positive performance reviews, but her employment was terminated. She was "informed...