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Lilly Ledbetter Quotes
Lilly Ledbetter
American
Activist
Born:
Apr 14
,
1938
Decision
Me
Men
Money
Pay
Work
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Cesar Chavez
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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.
Lilly Ledbetter
Work
Me
Justice
Woman
Fight
Decision
Value
Overtime
Pay
Side
Took
Way
Those
Ten
Ten Years
Retirement
Equal
Equal Pay
Supreme
Supreme Court
Equal Work
Sought
Because
Court
Am
Years
American
Stood
Just
Just Because
Who
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.'
Lilly Ledbetter
Work
Day
Me
Law
First
Pay
Think
Too
President
Side
Everyone
Our
President Obama
Says
Signed
Obama
About
Something
He
Put
Name
Fair
Economy
Sure
Said
Priorities
Making
His
Bill
Means
Act
Works
The Supreme Court told me that I should have filed a complaint within six months of the company's first decision to pay me less even though I didn't know about it for nearly two decades.
Lilly Ledbetter
Me
Decision
First
Pay
Complaint
Months
Though
About
Know
Supreme
Supreme Court
Court
Within
Decades
Six
Should
Less
Company
Even
Nearly
Two
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.
Lilly Ledbetter
Work
Me
You
Money
Plant
Men
Nineteen
Out
Some
Similar
Know
Proud
How
Making
Doing
Were
Years
Than
Decades
Same
Manager
May
Tire
After
Story
Worked
Hard
Less
Less Money
Who
Lived
Found
Alabama
Nearly
Two
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