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Lilly Ledbetter

Lilly Ledbetter (born Lilly McDaniel; April 14, 1938) was the plaintiff in the American employment discrimination case Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. Congress passed a fair pay act in her name, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009. She has since become a women's equality activist, public speaker, and author.

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We sought justice because equal pay for equal work is an American value. That fight took me ten years. It took me all the way to the Supreme Court. And, in a 5-4 decision, they stood on the side of those who shortchanged my pay, my overtime, and my retirement just because I am a woman.

Equal Pay, Fighting, Retirement, Shortchanged, Sought, Way

Maybe 23 cents doesn't sound like a lot to someone with a Swiss bank account, Cayman Island Investments and an IRA worth tens of millions of dollars. But Governor Romney, when we lose 23 cents every hour, every day, every paycheck, every job, over our entire lives, what we lose can't just be measured in dollars.

Badass, Dollars, Hour, Islands, Jobs, Lives

I'll be happy if the last thing they say about me after I die is that I made a difference.

Difference, Differences, Happy, Lasts, Made, Thing

Twenty-three cents may not sound like a lot to someone with a Swiss bank account.

Cents, Like, Sound, Three, Twenties

There's nothing I wouldn't do, no matter how dirty or hard.

Dirty, Hard, Matter, Women

Some of you may know my story: How for nineteen years, I worked as a manager for a tire plant in Alabama. And some of you may have lived a similar story: After nearly two decades of hard, proud work, I found out that I was making significantly less money than the men who were doing the same work as me.

Decades, Hard, Men, Two, Work, Years

Because women still earn just 77 cents for every dollar men make. Those pennies add up to real money.

Add, Dollars, Earn, Make, Men, Real

The first bill that President Obama signed into law was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. I think it says something about his priorities that the first bill he put his name on has my name on it too. As he said that day with me by his side, 'Making our economy work means making sure it works for everyone.

Mean, Thinking, Law, Lilly, Signed, Obama

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