The piece of legislation bearing her name was the first signed by President Barack Obama after he took office. : Grace and Grit: My Fight for Equal Pay and Fairness at Goodyear and Beyond eBook : Ledbetter, Lilly, Isom, Lanier Scott: Libros Omitir e ir al contenido principal. Grace and Grit: My Fight for Equal Pay and Fairness at Goodyear and Beyond Starting at 0.99. Undaunted by her loss, Ledbetter continued to champion equality and advocate for change. Eligible for Free Shipping Expedited Shipping Available Item Condition Seller Rating. : Grace and Grit: My Fight for Equal Pay and Fairness at Goodyear and Beyond (9780307887948) by Ledbetter, Lilly Isom, Lanier Scott and a great.

Over the next eight years, the case made its way to the Supreme Court, where the court ruled that she should have filed suit within 180 days of her first unequal paycheck, even though Ledbetter contested she had no way of knowing that she was being paid unfairly at the time. Grace and grit my fight for equal pay and fairness at Goodyear and beyond 1st ed. Ledbetter, a Calhoun County native, filed a sex discrimination suit against her employer, Goodyear, when an anonymous note revealed that she was making thousands less per year than men in her position. Ledbetter, 2012, Crown Archetype edition, in English - 1st ed. Lilly Ledbetter, whose fight for equal pay and women’s rights went all the way to the Supreme Court and resulted in the Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act, will speak and sign her book “Grace and Grit: My Fight for Equal Pay and Fairness at Goodyear and Beyond,” at Jacksonville State University's Houston Cole Library on Monday, March 16 at 7 p.m.

Grace and Grit by Lilly Ledbetter