Lilly Ledbetter, a pioneering advocate for pay equality, passed away at the age of 86, leaving a powerful legacy behind her
Lilly Ledbetter, a pioneering advocate for pay equality, passed away at the age of 86.Ledbetter's fight for fair wages was made famous after she learned she had been paid significantly less than her male counterparts, a circumstance this grandmother could not have imaged would propel her into the public eye and the history books.
She just wanted to be paid the same as a man for her hard work. But this grandmother from Alabama kept on fighting until the day I signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act into law— my first as president.'His statement continued 'Lilly did what so many Americans before her have done: setting her sights high for herself and even higher for her children and grandchildren.
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