He wrote, clinically and brusquely, that Ledbetter should have filed a charge of discrimination “within 180 days after each allegedly discriminatory employment decision was made and communicated to her.” As RBG read another dissent from the bench, it was clear that she felt the same kinship Ledbetter had. “It’s the story of almost every working woman of her generation, which is close to mine,” RBG later said. “She is in a job that has been done by men until she comes along. She gets the job, and she’s encountering all kinds of flak. But she doesn’t want to rock the boat.” RBG was now in steady
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