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Also Known As Lilly McDaniel
Born April 14, 1938 • Alabama
Died October 2024 (aged 86)

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Gender-equality activist Lilly Ledbetter
Signing the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
President Obama's inscription on the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
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