A federal fund to compensate Americans diagnosed with cancer or other illnesses linked to radiation exposure has been revived. And victims exposed to radiation in the St. Louis area are now eligible ...

Financial equality has come a long way in the United States — just over 50 years ago, women couldn’t take out a loan unless ...

But Ledbetter and other advocates have long campaigned for the more comprehensive Paycheck Fairness Act, which would strengthen the Equal Pay Act of 1963, including by protecting workers from ...

Lilly Ledbetter, a former Alabama factory manager whose lawsuit against her employer made her an icon of the equal pay movement and led to landmark wage discrimination legislation, has died at 86.

Lilly Ledbetter, an former Alabama factory manager whose lawsuit against her employer made her an icon of the equal pay movement and led to landmark wage discrimination legislation, has died at 86.

READ MORE: Despite equal education, women face unequal pay in 2024 “Lilly Ledbetter never set out to be a trailblazer or a household name.

Lilly Ledbetter, an former Alabama factory manager whose lawsuit against her employer made her an icon of the equal pay movement and led to landmark wage discrimination legislation, has died at 86.

Lilly Ledbetter, a former Alabama factory manager whose lawsuit against her employer made her an icon of the equal pay movement and led to landmark wage discrimination legislation, has died at 86.

Ledbetter’s dream of seeing equal pay in the U.S. remains at bay: As of 2022, women earned 82 percent of what men made, according to an analysis from the Pew Research Center–and in 2023, the ...

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The Equal Pay Act, a federal law prohibiting pay discrimination, was signed into law by President John F. Kennedy on June 10, 1963, addressing what he called the "unconscionable practice of paying ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On this day in 1963, President John F. Kennedy signed into law the Equal Pay Act of 1963, aimed at eliminating wage ...