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. Ledbetter's lawsuit against Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. ultimately failed when the Supreme Court ruled against her in 2007.
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“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,” Obama said in a statement Monday. “Lilly did what so many Americans before her have done: setting her sights high for herself and even higher for her children and grandchildren.”
“She was indefatigable,” said Emily Martin, chief program officer at the National Women’s Law Center, which worked closely with Ledbetter. “She was always ready to lend her voice, to show up to do a video, to write an op-ed. She was always ready to go.”
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