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Ledbetter, Lilly M.
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Ledbetter, Lilly M.
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company.
Sex discrimination against women -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Women -- United States -- Biography.
Sex discrimination against women -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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Grace and grit : my fight for equal pay and fairness at Goodyear and beyond / Lilly Ledbetter ; with Lanier Scott Isom.
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Ledbetter, Lilly M.
New York : Crown Archetype, c2012.
Subjects
Ledbetter, Lilly M.
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company.
Sex discrimination against women -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Women -- United States -- Biography.
Sex discrimination against women -- Law and legislation -- United States.
ISBN:
9780307887924
0307887928
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279 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Edition:
1st ed.
Contents:
Possom trot -- Marrying Charles -- Going to work -- Becoming a rubber worker -- Lighthearted, light-footed Lilly -- Up to my knees in alligators -- Holding the tiger by the tail -- Protecting my good name -- Ms. Ledbetter goes to Washington -- Becoming the grandmother of equal pay -- My speech at the 2008 Democratic National Convention -- President Obama's speech upon the signing of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act, January 29, 2009 -- The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act -- The Paycheck Fairness Act.
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In 1998, after the author had spent 19 grueling years working at a Goodyear plant, an anonymous note showed her that she made 40 per cent less than her male counterparts. So began her decade-long legal battle for equal pay, a story she tells movingly and frankly. After a hardscrabble childhood in a small Alabama community, she knew a job at the nearby Goodyear plant meant lifelong financial stability. In 1979 as a manager there, she found men reluctant to take orders from a woman, and faced blatant sexual harassment (a performance review ended with a solicitation). She tried to take it in stride, but the stress took a mental and physical toll. Goodyear continually transferred her between departments, citing poor performance, but failed to produce evidence when she requested it. After discovering the anonymous note, she filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission, leading to her landmark discrimination lawsuit under Title VII and the Equal Pay Act. While she lost the case on appeal (a decision upheld by the Supreme Court), the experience prompted her to become a spokesperson for equal pay. In January 2009, President Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act, a satisfying coda to this inspiring tale.
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