Lilly Ledbetter, icon in the battle for U.S. equal pay, dead at 86 | CBC News

Lilly Ledbetter, icon in the battle for U.S. equal pay, dead at 86 | CBC News

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 discovery that she was earning less than her

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