The Sears case stands out as one of the most significant gender discrimination lawsuits in the United States during the 1980s.Female historians Alice Kessler-Harris and Rosalind Rosenberg represented the prosecution and defense,namely the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Sears Department Store,providing starkly contrasting interpretations of American women's employment history.The case quickly gained considerable attention within the field of women's history.The prosecution's loss sparked a conversation in the American academic community about historians'public duties and led to a sustained examination of women's and gender history over the years,highlighting the evolving thoughts of American feminist historians concerning gender relations.The historical reassessment of the Sears case has not only propelled the field of gender history forward but also sparked the shift in the American feminist movement from its second wave to the third.