Troublemaker: A Memoir of Sexism, Retaliation, and the Fight They Didn't See Coming

Lisa Cornwell never shied away from standing up to bullies.

When she was a freshman in college, she saw a man hit a woman in the face with a closed fist while a paralyzed crowd stood by and watched. Seconds later, she took matters into her own hands—with a 3-iron from her golf bag.

This impulse crystallized years later when Cornwell publicly spoke out against the misogynistic culture she and others experienced at the hands of their employer, Golf Channel/NBCUniversal. Throughout her time ...