![]() Only as she neared retirement did she learn she was being paid significantly less than male colleagues with similar seniority and experience. After working for Goodyear for nineteen years, Ledbetter received an anonymous note revealing that she was making thousands less per year than the men in her position. In 1979, Lilly Ledbetter was hired by Goodyear, working as a supervisor. Lilly Ledbetter worked at Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville, Alabama, as the Assistant Director-Financial Aid from May 1974 to December 1975. She remained married until Charles's death in December 2008. After graduating from high school, Lilly McDaniel married Charles Ledbetter and had two children, Vicky and Phillip. McDaniel was a mechanic at the Anniston Army Depot. Ledbetter was born Lilly McDaniel in Jacksonville, Alabama and graduated from Jacksonville High School in 1956. In 2011, Ledbetter was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame. She has since become a women's equality activist, public speaker, and author. ![]() ![]() ![]() Congress passed a fair pay act in her name, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009. Lilly Ledbetter (born Lilly McDaniel April 14, 1938) was the plaintiff in the American employment discrimination case Ledbetter v. ![]()
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