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Tavis Smiley | Equal pay advocate Lilly Ledbetter | PBS

Duration: 24:01 (Full Program)
Program: Tavis Smiley #2555
Broadcast Date: Mar. 12, 2012

The author of Grace and Grit, whose fight to gain equal pay for women in the workplace led to landmark legislation, recounts her poor upbringing in rural Alabama and discusses her years working at Goodyear.

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Post Date: March 12, 2012