The Evolution of a Justice
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LILLY LEDBETTER AND THE FAIR PAY ACT. Two volumes:
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Two volumes:
1. LEDBETTER, LILLY, and LANIER SCOTT ISOM. Grace and Grit: My Fight for Equal Pay and Fairness at Goodyear and Beyond. New York: Crown, 2012.
8vo. Half cloth over boards, dust jacket. Light shelfwear.
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY LEDBETTER TO GINSBURG: "To Justice Ginsburg: Thank you—my hero! You are my inspiration! Best Wishes, Lilly Ledbetter." Also signed by Isom. With publisher's promotional booklet prepared for AAUW laid in, also signed and inscribed by Ledbetter and Isom, and with photocopies of contemporary reviews of the book laid in.
2. WRIGHT, CAROLYNE, M.J. LYONS, and EUGENIA TOLEDO, editors. Raising Lilly Ledbetter: Women Poets Occupy the Workspace. Sandpoint, ID: Lost Horse Press, [2015].
8vo. Softcover. Light shelfwear.
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY WRIGHT: "For Justice Ginsburg, With profound thanks for your occupying a workspace on behalf of justice for women / Best wishes / Carolyne / June 2017." With Lost Horse Press bookmark and Carolyne Wright business card laid in.
Lilly Ledbetter worked as a supervisor at a Goodyear Plant in Jacksonville, AL for 19 years, learning toward the end of her tenure that she was making thousands of dollars a year less than her male counterparts with similar seniority and experience. She sued for sex discrimination and her case went all the way to the Supreme Court, where it was rejected because she had not filed her case within the 180 days of the discriminatory policy that led to her lower paycheck, even though she was not aware of the discrepancy until years later. Ginsburg famously dissented in the Ledbetter case, and the first piece of legislation signed into law by President Barack Obama was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which loosened the timelines for the filing of a discrimination suit. Ginsburg kept a framed copy of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act in her chambers at the Supreme Court.
The first title in this lot is Ledbetter's memoir covering her life, her career, and the litigation that led to the Supreme Court and the Fair Pay Act. The second title is an anthology of poetry by contemporary women inspired by Ledbetter's story.
1. LEDBETTER, LILLY, and LANIER SCOTT ISOM. Grace and Grit: My Fight for Equal Pay and Fairness at Goodyear and Beyond. New York: Crown, 2012.
8vo. Half cloth over boards, dust jacket. Light shelfwear.
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY LEDBETTER TO GINSBURG: "To Justice Ginsburg: Thank you—my hero! You are my inspiration! Best Wishes, Lilly Ledbetter." Also signed by Isom. With publisher's promotional booklet prepared for AAUW laid in, also signed and inscribed by Ledbetter and Isom, and with photocopies of contemporary reviews of the book laid in.
2. WRIGHT, CAROLYNE, M.J. LYONS, and EUGENIA TOLEDO, editors. Raising Lilly Ledbetter: Women Poets Occupy the Workspace. Sandpoint, ID: Lost Horse Press, [2015].
8vo. Softcover. Light shelfwear.
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY WRIGHT: "For Justice Ginsburg, With profound thanks for your occupying a workspace on behalf of justice for women / Best wishes / Carolyne / June 2017." With Lost Horse Press bookmark and Carolyne Wright business card laid in.
Lilly Ledbetter worked as a supervisor at a Goodyear Plant in Jacksonville, AL for 19 years, learning toward the end of her tenure that she was making thousands of dollars a year less than her male counterparts with similar seniority and experience. She sued for sex discrimination and her case went all the way to the Supreme Court, where it was rejected because she had not filed her case within the 180 days of the discriminatory policy that led to her lower paycheck, even though she was not aware of the discrepancy until years later. Ginsburg famously dissented in the Ledbetter case, and the first piece of legislation signed into law by President Barack Obama was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which loosened the timelines for the filing of a discrimination suit. Ginsburg kept a framed copy of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act in her chambers at the Supreme Court.
The first title in this lot is Ledbetter's memoir covering her life, her career, and the litigation that led to the Supreme Court and the Fair Pay Act. The second title is an anthology of poetry by contemporary women inspired by Ledbetter's story.
