Grace and grit my fight for equal pay and fairness at Goodyear and beyond
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...
| Main Author: | Ledbetter, Lilly M. |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | Isom, Lanier Scott. |
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Crown Archetype,
Ã2012.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Subjects: |
Table of 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.