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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ledbetter, Lilly M.

Contributor:

Isom, Lanier Scott.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex discrimination against women--United States--History--21st century.

Sex discrimination against women.

Ledbetter, Lilly M.

Women--United States--Biography.

Women.

History.

United States.

Sex discrimination against women--Law and legislation--United States.

Sex discrimination against women--Law and legislation.

Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

279 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Crown Archetype, [2012]

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. 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.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780307887924

0307887928

OCLC:

729341578