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'''Lilly Ledbetter''' (born '''Lilly McDaniel'''; April 1938)<ref name="Personal Biography of Lilly Ledbetter">{{cite web | title = Personal Biography of Lilly Ledbetter| url = http://womeninbusiness.about.com/od/successfulwomenprofiles/p/lilly-ledbetter.htm| accessdate = 2009-02-24 }}</ref> was the [[plaintiff]] in the American [[employment discrimination]] case ''[[Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.]]'' She has since become a women's equality activist. |
'''Lilly Ledbetter''' (born '''Lilly McDaniel'''; April 1938)<ref name="Personal Biography of Lilly Ledbetter">{{cite web | title = Personal Biography of Lilly Ledbetter| url = http://womeninbusiness.about.com/od/successfulwomenprofiles/p/lilly-ledbetter.htm| accessdate = 2009-02-24 }}</ref> was the [[plaintiff]] in the American [[employment discrimination]] case ''[[Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.]]'' She has since become a women's equality activist. |
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==Women's equality== is a joke just like lilly ledbetter. she is a discrace to mankind and jews everywere |
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==Women's equality== |
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===Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.=== |
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In 1979, Ledbetter was hired by [[Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company|Goodyear]]; she retired from Goodyear in 1998 and then sued the company for paying her significantly less than her male counterparts.<ref name="lily" /> The lawsuit eventually reached the Supreme Court, which denied her claim because she did not file suit 180 days from her first pay check even though she said she didn't know it at the time <ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.colbertnation.com/full-episodes/wed-october-31-2012-lilly-ledbetter/ | title=Interview with Stephen Colbert | date=Oct. 31, 2012 | accessdate=June 5, 2012}}</ref><ref name="scotus" /> .<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www2.tbo.com/business/breaking-news-business/2009/oct/22/equal-pay-crusader-says-shell-always-be-second-cla-ar-60881/ | title=Equal pay crusader says she'll always be 'second-class citizen' | author=Lindsay Peterson | publisher=''[[Tampa Tribune]]'' | date=Oct. 22, 2009 | accessdate=June 5, 2012}}</ref><ref name="scotus" /> In dissent, [[United States]] [[Supreme Court Justice]] [[Ruth Bader Ginsburg]] wrote:<blockquote>Lilly Ledbetter was a supervisor at [[Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company|Goodyear Tire and Rubber]]’s plant in Gadsden, Alabama, from 1979 until her retirement in 1998. For most of those years, she worked as an area manager, a position largely occupied by men. Initially, Ledbetter’s salary was in line with the salaries of men performing substantially similar work. Over time, however, her pay slipped in comparison to the pay of male area managers with equal or less seniority. By the end of 1997, Ledbetter was the only woman working as an area manager and the pay discrepancy between Ledbetter and her 15 male counterparts was stark: Ledbetter was paid $3,727 per month; the lowest paid male area manager received $4,286 per month, the highest paid, $5,236.<ref name="scotus">[http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/06pdf/05-1074.pdf LEDBETTER v. GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO., No. 05-1074, decided May 2007.]</ref></blockquote> |
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Subsequently, Congress passed the [[Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act]] to loosen the timeliness requirements for the filing of a discrimination suit so long as any act of discrimination, including receipt of a paycheck that reflects a past act of discrimination, occurs within the 180 day period of limitations.<ref name="lily">{{cite news | last = Pickert | first = Kate | title = Lilly Ledbetter | newspaper = [[Time (magazine)|TIME]] | date = Jan. 29, 2009| url = http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1874954,00.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last = Brown| first = Heidi| title = Equal Payback For Lilly Ledbetter| newspaper = Forbes| date = 2009-04-28 | url = http://www.forbes.com/2009/04/28/equal-pay-discrimination-forbes-woman-leadership-wages.html}}</ref> |
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Speaking at an interview in 2012, Ledbetter said that the pay disparity further led to inequity in her "[[overtime pay]], contributory retirement, [[401(k)]], and [[social security]]."<ref>Lilly Ledbetter interview on [[The Rachel Maddow Show (TV series)|The Rachel Maddow Show]], March 5, 2012</ref> |
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Ledbetter's testimony before Congress has been criticized because she represented that she did not learn of the pay disparity until shortly before the complaint, but her earlier sworn deposition testimony indicated that she discovered the pay disparity as early as 1992, six years before filing the complaint in 1998.<ref>{{cite news | last = Taylor| first = Stuart| title = The Right Should Stop Demagoguing -- And Obama Should Stop Distorting Facts| newspaper = National Journal| date = 2009-05-28 | url = http://ninthjustice.nationaljournal.com/2009/05/the-right-should.php}}</ref> In a deposition held as a part of her lawsuit, Ledbetter testified that she "knew in 1992" she was "being paid less than [her] peers".<ref>[http://www.scotusblog.com/movabletype/archives/LedbetterJoinAppendix.pdf LEDBETTER v. GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO., 127 S.Ct. 2162 (2007), Joint Appendix] at 233.</ref> When asked how she knew about the discrepancy, she stated that "[d]ifferent people that I worked for along the way had always told me that my pay was extremely low." She continued, "Kim Whitman had told me that." Ledbetter testified that Mr. Whitman, who was her manager in 1992, told her "it was low in comparison to [her] peers".<ref>Id.</ref> However, in her testimony before the Senate, Ledbetter stated that she "only learned about the discrepancy in [her] pay after nineteen years [1998], and that was with someone leaving me an anonymous note".<ref name="Senate Judiciary">[http://www.senate.gov/fplayers/CommPlayer/commFlashPlayer.cfm?fn=judiciary070110&st=xxx Senate Judiciary Hearing on Solicitor General Kagan's Nomination to the Supreme Court, July 1, 2008] beginning at the 74 minute mark.</ref> |
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In February of 2012, Ledbetter released [http://www.randomhouse.com/book/210090/grace-and-grit-by-lilly-ledbetter-and-lanier-scott-isom Grace and Grit], a memoir that details her struggle for equal pay. |
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===Activism=== |
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[[Image:Lilly Ledbetter DNC 2008.jpg|thumb|Ledbetter speaks during the second day of the [[2008 Democratic National Convention]] in [[Denver, Colorado|Denver]], [[Colorado]].]] |
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On August 26, 2008 ([[Women's Equality Day]]) Lilly Ledbetter spoke at the [[2008 Democratic National Convention|Democratic National Convention]], on the topic of pay equity.<ref name="Transcript of Lily Ledbetter @ the DNC">{{cite web | title = Transcript of Lily Ledbetter @ the DNC| url = http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politics/july-dec08/ledbetter_08-26.html| accessdate = 2009-06-21 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.c-span.org/DNC/Events/Lilly-Ledbetter-at-the-2012-Democratic-National-Convention/C3797182/]</ref> |
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On September 4, 2012, she spoke at the [[2012 Democratic National Convention|Democratic National Convention]] in Charlotte, North Carolina.<ref name="DNC_announce">{{cite web | title=Ledbetter, Baldwin, Longoria to address Dem convention | url=http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2012/08/ledbetter-baldwin-longoria-to-address-dem-convention-132764.html | accessdate = 2012-08-29 }}</ref> |
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===TV Appearances=== |
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On October 31, 2012 Lilly Ledbetter appeared as a guest on the Colbert Report to promote her book, "Grace and Grit: My Fight for Equal Pay and Fairness at Goodyear and Beyond." <ref>http://www.colbertnation.com/full-episodes/wed-october-31-2012-lilly-ledbetter</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 16:32, 11 December 2012
Lilly Ledbetter | |
|---|---|
 Ledbetter speaking at an AFL-CIO event in Pittsburgh, October 9, 2008 | |
| Born | Lilly McDaniel April 1938 (age 86) |
| Occupation | Overnight supervisor at Goodyear |
| Known for | Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 |
| Spouse | Deceased |
Lilly Ledbetter (born Lilly McDaniel; April 1938)[1] was the plaintiff in the American employment discrimination case Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. She has since become a women's equality activist.
==Women's equality== is a joke just like lilly ledbetter. she is a discrace to mankind and jews everywere
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lilly Ledbetter.
- ^ "Personal Biography of Lilly Ledbetter". Retrieved 2009-02-24.
External links
- Grace and Grit: My Fight for Equal Pay and Fairness at Goodyear and Beyond by Lilly Ledbetter and Lanier Scott Isom (Crown Archetype, 2012)
- A documentary on the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009
- Lilly Ledbetter Documentary produced by Makers: Women Who Make America
English Wikisource has original text related to this article: Lilly Ledbetter on the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009
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