Lilly Ledbetter, who championed women's rights and equal pay, has died at the age of 86. Ledbetter, who was the inspiration ...
dies However, in 2009, the measure passed both chambers and landed on then-President Barack Obama’s desk. It was the first ...
But Democrats in Congress — urged on by a dissenting opinion from Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg — fought to pass the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. The act makes it easier for a victim of pay ...
Lilly Ledbetter launched a lawsuit when she discovered she was being paid less than her male co-workers. She never saw a dime ...
Lilly Ledbetter, whose gender pay equity legal fight was the inspiration for the Fair Pay Act of 2009, has died at age 86, according to the team making a film about her life.Video above ...
Lilly Ledbetter, renowned for her equal pay activism, passed away at 86. Her work led to the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act, signed by President Obama in 2009. She recently received the ...
Lilly Ledbetter, a pioneering advocate for pay equality, passed away at the age of 86, leaving a powerful legacy behind her.
"Michelle and I are grateful for her advocacy and her friendship," former President Barack Obama said in a statement about Ledbetter's death Mark Wilson/Getty Lilly Ledbetter, a pioneer in the ...
Lilly Ledbetter, an activist for equal pay whose legal fight against her employer paved the way for the Fair Pay Act, has died. She was 86. Ledbetter worked at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company in ...
Lilly Ledbetter, a former Alabama factory manager whose lawsuit against her employer made her an icon of the equal pay movement and led to landmark wage discrimination legislation, has died at 86.
(Gray News) - Lilly Ledbetter, who helped inspire the Fair Pay Act of 2009, has died at the age of 86. Ledbetter’s family told local media in Alabama that she died Saturday of respiratory failure.