Director Rachel Feldman on Fair Pay Activist Lilly Ledbetter.

Format:

Video

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pay equity--United States.

Pay equity.

Sex discrimination in employment--Law and legislation.

Sex discrimination in employment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (5 minutes)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Look What SHE Did!, 2023.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

Meet Lilly Ledbetter, namesake of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009, fair pay activist, grandma, and ICON. Born Lilly McDaniel in Alabama in 1938, she excelled in school and was a natural leader as she progressed through her career. After 19 years as a supervisor with Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co, Ledbetter received an anonymous tip that would change her life. She learned that despite performing the same job as her mail counterparts, she was being paid thousands less than them, and had been for the duration of her career. She filed a sex-discrimination case against Goodyear that made its way to the United States Supreme Court. Though she eventually lost in court and received no compensation, she went on to lobby congress to pass groundbreaking legislation protecting all workers against pay discrimination. This historic win for workers rights was the first piece of legislation signed into law by President Obama. Director Rachel Feldman shares this story with us as she completes work on her own feature film based on Ledbetter's life. Our storytellers share these astonishing women with us conversationally and unscripted; we fact-check afterwards and note any major discrepancies for accuracy.

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