Lilly Ledbetter (born Lilly McDaniel; April 14, 1938) was the plaintiff in the American employment discrimination case Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. She has since become a women's equality activist. Read full biography of Lilly Ledbetter →
We sought justice because equal pay for equal work is an American value. That fight took me ten years. It took me all the way to the Supreme Court.... →
Some of you may know my story: How for nineteen years, I worked as a manager for a tire plant in Alabama. And some of you may have lived a similar... →
Because women still earn just 77 cents for every dollar men make. Those pennies add up to real money.
The first bill that President Obama signed into law was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. I think it says something about his priorities that the... →
The Supreme Court told me that I should have filed a complaint within six months of the company's first decision to pay me less even though I... →
In the end, I didn't get a dime of the money I was shortchanged.
Lilly Ledbetter (born Lilly McDaniel; April 14, 1938) was the plaintiff in the American employment discrimination case Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. She has since become a women's equality activist.