Lilly Ledbetter 
1979: Lilly Ledbetter was hired as a supervisor at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company.
1998: Lilly Ledbetter gets a memo from a unknown man that showed her salary, about $44,000 a year and it also showed the salary of her men colleagues' that were in a equal or less ranking in the job that were earning between $53,000 and $62,000. She knew that she was not being paid equally.
2003: Lilly Ledbetter sued her employer, and the federal jury awarded her $3.8 million in damages, which was later reduced by $3.5 million by a judge.
2006: Lilly Ledbetter loses to Goodyear in a supreme court and gets a bill from Goodyear of $3,165 for "court costs."
2007: The U.S. House approved a bill that would make employers accountable for the most discriminatory paycheck.
Shocking News: Lilly Ledbetter got a random memo in her mailbox showing her yearly salary and her men colleagues' yearly salary. She saw that she only earned $44,00 a year when her men colleagues earned $9,000 to $18,000 more than her even though they did the same or less amount of work. She saw that Goodyear was discriminating her based on her gender. She knew that just because she was a girl, she wasn't getting the same amount of pay as her men colleagues.
1998: Lilly Ledbetter gets a memo from a unknown man that showed her salary, about $44,000 a year and it also showed the salary of her men colleagues' that were in a equal or less ranking in the job that were earning between $53,000 and $62,000. She knew that she was not being paid equally.
2003: Lilly Ledbetter sued her employer, and the federal jury awarded her $3.8 million in damages, which was later reduced by $3.5 million by a judge.
2006: Lilly Ledbetter loses to Goodyear in a supreme court and gets a bill from Goodyear of $3,165 for "court costs."
2007: The U.S. House approved a bill that would make employers accountable for the most discriminatory paycheck.
Shocking News: Lilly Ledbetter got a random memo in her mailbox showing her yearly salary and her men colleagues' yearly salary. She saw that she only earned $44,00 a year when her men colleagues earned $9,000 to $18,000 more than her even though they did the same or less amount of work. She saw that Goodyear was discriminating her based on her gender. She knew that just because she was a girl, she wasn't getting the same amount of pay as her men colleagues.