Grace and Grit: My Fight for Equal Pay and Fairness at Goodyear and Beyond - Softcover

Ledbetter, Lilly; Isom, Lanier Scott

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0307887944 ISBN 13: 9780307887948

Publisher: Crown, 2013

Synopsis

The inspiring story of the woman at the center of the historic discrimination case that inspired the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act, her fight for equal rights in the workplace, and how her determination became a victory for the nation

Lilly Ledbetter always knew that she was destined for something more than what she was born into: a house with no running water or electricity in the small town of Possum Trot, Alabama. In 1979, when Lilly applied for her dream job at the Goodyear tire factory, she got the job. She was one of the first women hired at the management level.

Nineteen years after her first day at Goodyear, Lilly received an anonymous note revealing that she was making thousands less per year than the men in her position. When she filed a sex-discrimination case against Goodyear, Lilly won--and then heartbreakingly lost on appeal. Over the next eight years, her case made it all the way to the Supreme Court, where she lost again. But Lilly continuted to fight, becoming the namesake of President Barack Obama's first official piece of legislation.

Both a deeply inspiring memoir and a powerful call to arms, Grace and Grit is the story of a true American icon.

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Review

"Compelling...This story of a lifelong struggle for fairness deserves to be widely read not only as a document of a case so stunningly unjust that it sparked legislative change, but also as an introduction to a remarkable woman who also happens to be an outstanding storyteller ."
--Ms.

"Inspiring....Frank and feisty."
-Kirkus

"A riveting and inspiring story of a true American hero from Possum Trot, Alabama, who in her own compelling voice tells the story of how she broke down barriers throughout her life, and in the process gave all women in this country the right to get equal pay. A must read."
--Marcia Greenberger, Co-President, National Women's Law Center

About the Author

LILLY LEDBETTER was an overnight supervisor at the Alabama Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. for nineteen years. She was the plaintiff in the American employment discrimination case Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. and inspired the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act. She lives in Jacksonville, Alabama.

LANIER SCOTT ISOM is a writer who lives with her husband and their two children in Birmingham, Alabama.

About this edition

• Publisher: Crown
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0307887944
• ISBN 13: 9780307887948
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288