Living and laughing with a disability - cerebral palsy; ordinary life, extraordinary circumstances.

Friday, January 30, 2009

Her face will be on a stamp some day...

Lilly Ledbetter - TIME: "The first piece of real legislation Barack Obama signed as the 44th President of the United States helps ensure that workers discriminated on the basis of gender have a fair chance to sue their employers. The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act is named after a woman who was paid less than her male co-workers at an Alabama tire factory. Ledbetter did not set out to be an activist; she did not even involve herself in politics much. But after the Supreme Court ruled against her, she decided it was time to start"

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