Jeanette B. FLOWERS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TURBINE SUPPORT DIVISION Et Al., Defendants-Appellees

GEE, Circuit Judge:

On October 17, 1972, Appellant Flowers filed suit 1 against Appellee Turbine Support Division Chromalloy American Corporation (Turbine) alleging that she had been discriminated against and eventually fired because of her sex, because of her association with minority groups at work, and in retaliation for her opposition to practices made unlawful by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. (the Act). As the suit progressed, Flowers proved to be less than the ideal plaintiff; three times show-cause orders had to be issued to goad her into complying…