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Lilly Ledbetter Act Becomes Law; Brief Interview with Ms. Ledbetter

By stacisaurus

Womenstake, the blog of the National Women's Law Center, had the opportunity to interview Lilly Ledbetter after the Senate's passing of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act on January 22, 2009. All four female Republican senators voted in the Ledbetter Act's favor.

Ms. Ledbetter acknowledged the hard work that both women and men contributed to the campaign to pass the Fair Pay Act, stating,

"There have been a lot of men's groups that worked on it because they realize that this is a family affair. If women are paid better then they have better incomes in the family -- it's a family affair as well."

The original video interview can be found here.

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Full post as published by Ms. JD on January 30, 2009 (boomark / email).