Grace and Grit by Lilly Ledbetter (2012)

Found one I had not recorded. Grace and Grit: My Fight for Equal Pay and Fairness at Goodyear and Beyond by Lilly Ledbetter with Lanier Scott Isom was this year's book to be read and discussed by the Gender and Women's Studies department. Again, a very good choice, that opened my eyes to how hard many individuals have had to fight for equal rights, and that the fight is still not over. Lilly Ledbetter was one of the first women hired in as manager in Goodyear and many years later found out that she was being paid much less than her male counterparts. She filed a sex-descrimination suit which she initially won, but then had to take it all the say to the Supreme Court for the final ruling, which was against her. She continued to fight until Obama signed The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act as his first official legislation.