Lilly Ledbetter recounts her career at Goodyear Tire and Rubber, her employment discrimination lawsuit against the company, and her entry into political activism, culminating in the passage of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Play Act of 2009. Ledbetter describes her relationship with President and Mrs. Obama, with a particular focus on her endorsement of Obama during the 2008 campaign, and the events surr ounding the passage of her namesake Fair Play Act in January 2009. Ledbetter also describes her continued activism after the act's passage, including her involvement in the 2016 Democratic National Convention and support of paycheck fairness protections
Presidential campaigns--United States; Lobbying--Law and legislation--United States; Women political activists--United States; Ledbetter, Lilly M; Obama, Barack; Obama, Michelle, 1964-; Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company; United States; Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009; Civil Rights Act of 1964
Format
oral histories
Genre
Interviews
Date
2020
Physical Description
63 pages
Note (Biographical)
Lilly Ledbetter was the plaintiff in the United States Supreme Court case "Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company," regarding employment discrimination. The court denied her claim and upheld a clause of the 1964 Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which placed a 180-day time limit on filing a case. Ledbetter then went on to work in Washington, D.C., lobbying for equality for all women in the workplace. In 2009, Congress passed a fair pay act in her name, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009
Note
Interviewed by Mary Marshall Clark on August 18, 2020. This interview is part of the Columbia University: Obama Presidency Oral History
Note (Provenance)
Lilly Ledbetter, Gift, transferred from Columbia Center for Oral History Research 2022