Lilly Ledbetter

Lilly Ledbetter (born Lilly McDaniel; April 14, 1938) was the plaintiff in the American employment discrimination case Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. She has since become a women's equality activist.

Personal life

Ledbetter was born Lilly McDaniel in Jacksonville, Alabama and graduated from Jacksonville High School in 1956. Her father J. C. McDaniel was a mechanic at the Anniston Army Depot. After graduating from high school, Lilly McDaniel married Charles Ledbetter; they had two children and remained married until Charles's death in December 2008. In 1968, Lilly Ledbetter passed the H&R Block tax preparation exam and became an associate with H&R Block. Around the mid-1970s, Ledbetter later became an office manager at an accounting firm in Gadsden and a gynecologist's office., Lilly Ledbetter worked at Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville Alabama as the Assistant Director-Financial Aid from May 1974 to December 1975.

Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.