Did you know March was National Women's History Month...?

Because I had no idea it was National Women's History Month. The White House just released a press statement on...umm...March, declaring this proclamation. We are suppose to "honor the women who have shaped our Nation." One such woman, is Lilly Ledbetter, a small town woman who took up a fight with a major corporation, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co, in Gadsden, Alabama. After 19 years of work, Ledbetter was slipped an anonymous note revealing that she had been underpaid all those years. In fact, she was underpaid by 40 percent. Ouch! Of course she sued Goodyear, won more than $3 million, all to have the Supreme Court rule 5-4 against her saying she waited way too long to file her claim. Double Ouch! Although she didn't get any monetary compensation, her story reached millions via the media and brought the issue of wage gap mainstream. Thus, President Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act into law on January 29, 2009. Today, I honor Lilly Ledbetter and the many women who stood up (and stand up today) to fight even when they knew the battle would be hard. Happy National Women's History Month!