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Lilly Ledbetter, An Icon Of The Fight For Equal Pay, Dead At 86
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.
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