Victim of pay disparity speaks in Decatur

The woman whose case lead to the Fair Pay Restoration Act will be in Decatur next week to discuss her upcoming book on the experience.

Lily Ledbetter was the plantiff in an employment discrimination case against Goodyear Tire and Rubber who lost her suit when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled she had waited too long to file her claim.

Ledbetter will speak at 7 p.m. March 6 at Presser Hall on the campus of Agnes Scott College in Decatur.

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