Lilly Ledbetter

2024 - 10 - 14

Lilly Ledbetter: The Fair Pay Wonder Woman We Didn’t Know We Needed!

Activism - Barack Obama - Equal Pay - Fair Pay Act - Gender Discrimination - Goodyear - Lilly Ledbetter - Women's Rights

Ireland mourns as equality champion Lilly Ledbetter leaves us, but her legacy of equal pay lives on!

Lilly Ledbetter, a name that became synonymous with the fight for equal pay, has sadly passed away at the age of 86. This exceptional woman made headlines back in the 1990s when she bravely sued Goodyear for wage discrimination after discovering that she was earning significantly less than her male counterparts. Her story resonated across the United States and beyond, galvanizing countless advocates for women's rights and pay equity.

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Lilly Ledbetter, equal pay and women's rights activist, dies at 86 (NBC News)

Women's rights activist Lilly Ledbetter has died, according to a family representative. The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act became the first bill Barack Obama ...

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Lilly Ledbetter, icon of equal pay in US, dies aged 86 (BBC News)

Alabama woman's case led to law, signed by Barack Obama, that gave Americans more rights to sue for pay discrimination.

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Lilly Ledbetter, who sued Goodyear for gender discrimination and ... (CNN)

Lilly Ledbetter, whose gender pay equity legal fight was the inspiration for the Fair Pay Act of 2009, has died at age 86.

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Lilly Ledbetter, equal pay icon, dead at 86 (CBS News)

Lilly Ledbetter, a champion of women getting paid the same as men for doing the same work, has died, her family said in a statement. She was 86.

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Lilly Ledbetter, Whose Fight for Equal Pay Changed U.S. Law, Dies ... (The New York Times)

Her lawsuit against Goodyear helped pave the way for the 2009 Fair Pay Act, which was signed into law by former President Barack Obama.

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Lilly Ledbetter, fighter for equal pay, dies at 86 (PBS NewsHour)

Ledbetter was a former Alabama factory manager whose lawsuit against her employer made her an icon of the equal pay movement and led to landmark wage ...

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Lilly Ledbetter, activist who fought for equal pay for women, dies at 86 (Spectrum News NY1)

The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act passed in 2009, decades after she sued her employer for paying her less than men with similar experience.

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Lilly Ledbetter, the activist who inspired fair pay act, dies at 86 (NPR)

Lilly Ledbetter, a supervisor at a Goodyear tire plant in Alabama, discovered she was receiving less pay than men who worked the same position.

Statement from President Joe Biden on the Passing of Lilly ... (The White House)

Lilly Ledbetter was a fearless leader and advocate for equal pay. Her fight began on the factory floor and reached the Supreme Court and Congress, and she.

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Lilly Ledbetter, icon of equal pay in US, dies aged 86 (BBC News)

Alabama woman's case led to law, signed by Barack Obama, that gave Americans more rights to sue for pay discrimination.

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Lilly Ledbetter, an icon of the fight for equal pay, has died at 86 (ABC News)

Lilly Ledbetter, an former Alabama factory manager whose lawsuit against her employer made her an icon of the equal pay movement and led to landmark wage ...

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Lilly Ledbetter, equal pay champion who inspired Fair Pay Act, dies ... (The Guardian)

Ledbetter sued employer Goodyear in 1998 after finding out she was paid $6500 less than lowest-paid male supervisor.

Statement from Vice President Kamala Harris on the Passing of Lilly ... (The White House)

Lilly Ledbetter was a tireless leader in the fight for equal rights. After finding out that she had been systematically underpaid for nearly two decades.

Activist who inspired Fair Pay Act, Lilly Ledbetter, dies at 86 (NPR)

A trailblazer of gender pay equity, Lilly Ledbetter has died. Her legal fight against a former employer brought attention to the issue, and paved the way ...

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