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Author Ledbetter, Lilly M.

Title Grace and grit : my fight for equal pay and fairness at Goodyear and beyond / Lilly Ledbetter ; with Lanier Scott Isom.

Publication Info. New York : Crown Archetype, [2012]
©2012

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Location Call No. Status
 Burlington Public Library - New Materials  B LEDBETTER    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  BIOGRAPHY LEDBETTER, LILLY    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  331.4133 LED    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  B LEDBETTER, L.    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Biographies  BIOG LEDBETTER, LILLY    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Bishop's Corner Branch - Biographies  B LEDBETTER LILLY L    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  B-LEDBETTER, L.    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 279 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page [268]) and index.
Contents Possum 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.
Summary 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.
Subject Sex discrimination against women -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Ledbetter, Lilly M.
Women -- United States -- Biography.
Sex discrimination against women -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company.
Added Author Isom, Lanier Scott.
ISBN 9780307887924
0307887928
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