Lilly Ledbetter, an equal pay advocate whose lawsuit against her employer inspired the Fair Pay Act of 2009, died Saturday in Alabama at age 86. “Lilly 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,” wrote Barack Obama , who in 2009 signed into law the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. “I was shortchanged, but this fight became bigger than Lilly Ledbetter. Just last week, a movie about Ledbetter, Lilly , starring Patricia Clarkson premiered at the Hamptons International Film Festival.

Source: The Guardian October 14, 2024 23:09 UTC