When it became clear she'd been ripped off, she organized an investor revolt, allied with disgruntled castoffs from the men's inner circle and gathered evidence to prod law enforcement to act.
Too many labour-law changes have created two-tier markets, with an inner tier remaining protected but an outer one on temporary or short-term contracts.
She's the senior pastor and founder of Inner Light Ministries in Soquel, California, and she was among those fighting to keep Prop 8 from becoming law.