The US Supreme Court is set to begin hearing evidence on whether the largest sex discrimination lawsuit in American history should go ahead.
A group of women is suing the world's biggest retailer, Walmart, claiming they were held back because of their gender.
They want to bring a class action suit on behalf of more than a million women.
Walmart denies the allegations, saying it has a long history of promoting women and paying them well. Christine Kwapnowski, one of six women named as plaintiffs in the lawsuit, claims she was passed over for pay and promotion in favour of male colleagues.
"I asked what I needed to do to get promoted and my manager said I should 'doll up and blow the cobwebs off my make-up'
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Note: 29 March 2011 Last updated at 12:40 GMT