“We sought justice because equal pay for equal work is an American value. That fight took me ten years. It took me all the way to the Supreme Court. And, in a 5—4 decision, they stood on the side of those who shortchanged my pay, my overtime, and my retirement just because I am a woman.”
~Lilly Ledbetter

American workplace activist, women’s equality activist, public speaker, and author Lilly Ledbetter was born on this day in 1938.