Lilly Ledbetter, namesake of Fair Pay Act, dead at 86

Lilly Ledbetter, namesake of Fair Pay Act, dead 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 landmark wage discrimination legislation, has died at 86. Ledbetter’s discovery that she was earning less than her male counterparts for doing the same job at a Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co….