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Lilly Ledbetter
Plaintiff in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lilly McDaniel Ledbetter (born April 14, 1938)[1][2] is an American activist who was the plaintiff in the United States Supreme Court case Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. regarding employment discrimination. Two years after the Supreme Court decided that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 does not allow employers to be sued for pay discrimination more than 180 days after an employee's first paycheck, the United States Congress passed a fair pay act in her name to remedy this issue, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009. She has since become a women's equality activist, public speaker, and author. In 2011, Ledbetter was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame.[3]
Lilly Ledbetter | |
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![]() Ledbetter in 2016 | |
Born | Lilly McDaniel (1938-04-14) April 14, 1938 (age 86) Jacksonville, Alabama, U.S. |
Known for | Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.; Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 |
Spouse |
Charles Ledbetter
(m. 1956; died 2008) |
Children | 2 |