- Born
- Birth nameLilly McDaniel
- Lilly Ledbetter was born in March 1938 in Alabama, USA. She was previously married to Charles Ledbetter.
- SpouseCharles Ledbetter(1956 - 2008) (his death, 2 children)
- For his first new law of his administration, President Obama signed into law the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act on January 29, 2009.
- Was born in a house with no running water or electricity in the small town of Possum Trot, Alabama.
- Was the plaintiff in the employment discrimination case Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co, originally filed in 1998. She won a jury verdict of more than $3 million after alleging gender pay discrimination, but the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the ruling.
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