Two years after the Supreme Court decided that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 does not allow employers to be sued for pay discrimination more than 180 days after an employee's first paycheck, the United States Congress passed a fair pay act in her name to remedy this issue, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009.
14 Facts About Lilly Ledbetter
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Lilly Ledbetter has since become a women's equality activist, public speaker, and author.
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In 2011, Ledbetter was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame.
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Lilly Ledbetter remained married until Charles's death in December 2008.
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Lilly Ledbetter worked at Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville, Alabama, as the Assistant Director-Financial Aid from May 1974 to December 1975.
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In 1979, Lilly Ledbetter was hired by Goodyear, working as a supervisor.
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Lilly Ledbetter successfully sued Goodyear but the judgment was reversed on appeal by the Eleventh Circuit.
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Lilly Ledbetter was a supervisor at Goodyear Tire and Rubber's plant in Gadsden, Alabama, from 1979 until her retirement in 1998.
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Subsequently, the 111th United States Congress passed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act in 2009 to loosen the timeliness requirements for the filing of a discrimination suit so long as any act of discrimination, including receipt of a paycheck that reflects a past act of discrimination, occurs within the 180-day period of limitations.
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Passage of the act did not result in Lilly Ledbetter receiving a settlement from Goodyear.
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The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act was President Barack Obama's first official piece of legislation as president.
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg had a framed copy of the bill, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, in her chambers.
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In February 2012, Lilly Ledbetter released Grace and Grit: My Fight for Equal Pay and Fairness at Goodyear and Beyond, a memoir detailing her struggle for equal pay.
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On October 31,2012, Lilly Ledbetter appeared as a guest on the Colbert Report to promote the book.