Trump and Harris kick off campaign blitz in key battleground states; Lilly Ledbetter remembered for equal pay activism

Lilly Ledbetter, a champion of equal pay for women, died over the weekend at 86. President Barack Obama posted a tribute saying Ledbetter "never set out to be a trailblazer or a household name, she just wanted to be paid the same as a man for her hard work."

Lilly Ledbetterwas a tirelessleader in the fight for equal rights. After finding out that she had been systematically underpaid fornearly twodecades compared to her male colleagues, Lilly became an advocate for equal pay. Her effortscontributed to the passage of theLilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which strengthened protections against pay discrimination, and whichwas thefirst bi...

Ledbetter sued employer Goodyear in 1998 after finding out she was paid $6,500 less than lowest-paid male supervisorLilly Ledbetter, an equal pay advocate whose lawsuit against her employer inspired the Fair Pay Act of 2009, died Saturday in Alabama at age 86.Ledbetter died of respiratory failure, according to a statement from her family provided to the

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 never stopped fighting for all Americans to be paid what they deserve. Before she was a household name, Lilly was like so many other women in the workforce:…The post

Lilly Ledbetter, a supervisor at a Goodyear tire plant in Alabama, discovered she was receiving less pay than men who worked the same position. Her case led to a monumental law on pay equity.

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.

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 Alabama for nearly two decades before learning from an anonymous note stuffed in her work mailbox that she earned significantly...

The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act became the first bill Barack Obama signed into law as president in 2009.

Her fight for equal wages inspired the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009.

Lilly Ledbetter, a pioneering advocate for pay equality, passed away at the age of 86

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.