The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act established that the ... Tom Donohue, former longtime Chamber CEO, dies However, in 2009, the measure passed both chambers and landed on then-President Barack ...

JACKSONVILLE — Lilly Ledbetter grew up poor in the Possum Trot community north of Jacksonville. Despite her oft-drunken father and her downtrodden mother, she graduated from high school ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The film “Lilly,” a biopic about the equal pay icon Lilly Ledbetter, lands in theaters at a difficult time for her biggest political and civil rights champions. Many are gone ...

Patricia Clarkson plays the equal pay activist Lilly Ledbetter in this misty-eyed drama. By Beatrice Loayza When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site ...

Emmy and Golden Globe-winning actress Patricia Clarkson joins Morning Joe to discuss starring as equal pay-activist Lilly Ledbetter in 'Lilly,' a movie that follows Ledbetter from an Alabama ...

Lilly Ledbetter, born into humble beginnings in Alabama, faced discrimination at Goodyear, discovering she was paid less than male colleagues. Her legal battle reached the Supreme Court ...

By the time she heads to Washington to lobby for what became the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 (the first piece of legislation signed into law by President Barack Obama), she knows who she ...

One person can make a difference. Lilly Ledbetter, who pushed forward legislation that makes equal pay for men and women the law of the land, was a case in point. The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act ...

A new film, “Lilly,” remedies this by featuring Ms. Clarkson as Lilly Ledbetter, the Alabamian equal pay activist, and her performance not only feels authentic and lived-in but is also one of her best ...

With “Lilly” she channels Alabama factory worker Lilly Ledbetter’s remarkable fight for something that seems so simple, so obvious: Equal pay for women. Ledbetter was among the few women who ...