Lilly Ledbetter, whose courageous battle for gender pay equity inspired the Fair Pay Act of 2009, has passed away at the age of 86. The news was confirmed by the team working on a film based on her remarkable life.
According to her family, Ledbetter succumbed to respiratory failure. Her legacy stems from a pivotal moment in the 1990s when, after nearly two decades at Goodyear, she discovered a significant wage gap between her salary and that of her male counterparts.
