Lilly Ledbetter, a former Alabama factory manager whose lawsuit against her employer made her an icon of the equal pay movement and led to landmark wage

Lilly Ledbetter, a women's equality activist whose sex discrimination lawsuit against her employer culminated in a major equal wage legislation bearing her name, has died. She was 86. Ledbetter,

Ledbetter was the inspiration for the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, the first piece of legislation signed by then-President Barack Obama.