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Ledbetter’s lawsuit against Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. ultimately failed when the Supreme Court ruled against her in 2007. But two years later, former President Barack Obama signed into the law the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which strengthened the rights of workers to sue for pay discrimination.

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Lilly Ledbetter dies at 86, leaves legacy of equal pay act

Labor unions and women's advocacy groups on Monday paid tribute to Lilly Ledbetter, the former Goodyear employee whose fight for equal pay made it all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court and Congress, after her death at the age of 86—with economic justice advocates hailing Ledbetter as "an icon.""Lilly Ledbetter simply wanted to be paid the same as her male Goodyear co-workers," said the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Orga…

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'A true hero': Pay equity crusader Lilly Ledbetter dies at 86

Passed in 2009, the “Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act” was the first bill signed by Barack Obama as American president in 2009.

Voté en 2009, le « Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act », la loi sur l’égalité salariale, fut le premier projet de loi signé par Barack Obama en tant que président américain en 2009.

Lilly Ledbetter, icône de la lutte pour l’égalité salariale aux États-Unis, est morte à l’âge de 86 ans

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Lilly Ledbetter, an icon of the fight for equal pay in the United States, has died at the age of 86

President Joe Biden on Monday reflected on the life of Lilly Ledbetter, calling the Alabama woman who fought for equal pay “a fearless leader and advocate” who “inspired us all.”

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Joe Biden honors Lilly Ledbetter: Alabama woman who led equal pay fight ‘inspired us all’

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 lawsuit that reached the Supreme Court and inspired federal legislation named in her honor, died Oct. 12 at a hospital in Birmingham, Ala. She was 86.

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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, died Saturday at 86.

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Equal pay icon Ledbetter dies at 86

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 discrimination legislation named in her honor.

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Lilly Ledbetter, fighter for equal pay, dies at 86

Lilly Ledbetter, a former Alabama factory manager whose lawsuit against her employer made her an icon of the equal pay movement and led to historic legislation against wage discrimination, died at 86. Ledbetter's discovery that he earned less than his male colleagues for doing the same work at a Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. plant in Alabama resulted in his lawsuit, which ultimately failed when the Supreme Court ruled in 2007 that he had filed his …

Lilly Ledbetter, una exgerente de fábrica de Alabama cuya demanda contra su empleador la convirtió en un ícono del movimiento de igualdad salarial y condujo a una histórica legislación contra la discriminación salarial , murió a los 86 años. El descubrimiento de Ledbetter de que ganaba menos que sus colegas hombres por hacer el mismo trabajo en una planta de Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. en Alabama dio lugar a su demanda, que finalmente fracasó cua…

Lilly Ledbetter, un icono de la lucha por la igualdad salarial, murió a los 86 años

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Lilly Ledbetter, an icon of the fight for equal pay, died at 86

On Jan. 9, 2009, President Barack Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act that gives women the right to sue a company for discriminatory pay.

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Labor rights activist Lilly Ledbetter dies

Equal pay advocate Lilly Ledbetter died on October 12, leaving behind a legacy of activism and an eponymous act that has strengthened equal pay law.

Lilly Ledbetter dies at 86, leaves legacy of equal pay act

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