Blogging for America: Lilly Ledbetter

Thursday, January 29, 2009

Lilly Ledbetter

Gail Collins' column in today's NYT puts Lilly Ledbetter in a small crowd of other women who have taken on their employers in the name of fair pay, and while they might not have seen the rewards of their actions for themselves, they have helped other women workers. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/29/opinion/29collins.html?_r=1&em

Today President Obama signed into being the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. Its been a long time coming.

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Dr.JAM is a professor of Political Science and Women's Studies at Marist College, Poughkeepsie NY. Her main focus is teaching students to be critical thinkers and active citizens. She worked in both the Koch and Cuomo administrations before returning to academia. She teaches Modern Political Thought, Contemporary Ideologies, Feminist Political Thought, American National Government, Political Ideas and Issues, Political and Social Movements, among other courses. She writes a regular column (Walk the Talk) in InsideOut (tm). She has written many articles and books including The Historical Dictionary of the Lesbian Liberation Movement: Still the Rage (Rowman Littlefield, 2003). An active citizen, she served on the boards of Hudson River Sloop Clearwater (where she once was cook); The Grace Smith House,currently she serves on the (executive) boards of the Eleanor Roosevelt Center at ValKill and the Ulster County Democratic Women. $>

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Thursday, January 29, 2009

Lilly Ledbetter

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