Lilly Ledbetter, a women's equality activist whose fight for pay equity led to passage of the monumental Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009, died Saturday. She was 86. Ledbetter's death was ...

Lilly Ledbetter, whose gender pay equity legal fight was the inspiration for the Fair Pay Act of 2009, has died at age 86. Ledbetter died of respiratory failure, her family said in a statement Sunday.

NEW YORK — 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 ...

GADSDEN, Ala. — Lilly Ledbetter, a women's equality activist whose sex discrimination lawsuit against her employer culminated in a major equal wage legislation bearing her name, has died.

Lilly Ledbetter, a manager at a Goodyear tire plant who, after discovering that she was earning far less than the men in her position, spent years battling for equal pay for women, filing a ...

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 discrimination legislation, has died at 86.

"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 ...

NEW YORK (AP) — 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 ...

You can get in touch with Michael by emailing m.carroll@newsweek.com. Languages: English. Lilly Ledbetter, a pioneering advocate for pay equality, has passed away at the age of 86. Ledbetter's ...