LILLY LEDBETTER was an overnight supervisor at the Alabama Goodyear
Tire and Rubber Co. for nineteen years. She was the plaintiff in
the American employment discrimination case "Ledbetter v. Goodyear
Tire & Rubber Co. "and inspired the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay
Restoration Act. She lives in Jacksonville, Alabama.
LANIER SCOTT ISOM is a writer who lives with her husband and their
two children in Birmingham, Alabama.
"Compelling...This story of a lifelong struggle for fairness
deserves to be widely read not only as a document of a case so
stunningly unjust that it sparked legislative change, but also as
an introduction to a remarkable woman who also happens to be an
outstanding storyteller ."
--Ms.
"Inspiring....Frank and feisty."
-Kirkus
"A riveting and inspiring story of a true American hero from Possum
Trot, Alabama, who in her own compelling voice tells the story of
how she broke down barriers throughout her life, and in the process
gave all women in this country the right to get equal pay. A must
read."
--Marcia Greenberger, Co-President, National Women's Law Center
"Inspiring....Frank and feisty."
-Kirkus
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