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Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) was joined by other House Democrats and equal pay activists to reintroduce the Paycheck Fairness Act, ten years after the signing of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay …

Various organizations that oppose President Trump’s nominee to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy,Judge Brett Kavanaugh, held a rally in front of the Supreme Court. Speakers included Senators R…

President Obama delivered remarks to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the signing of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. In his speech he said that more work needed to be done for equal …

The first night of the 2012 Democratic National Convention included presentation of the party platform for a final vote by delegates. Speakers included former President Jimmy Carter, who spo…

President Obama marked Equal Pay Day at the White House by signing an executive order seeking to strengthen enforcement of equal pay laws for women. Before signing, he told the audience that…

Lilly Ledbetter recounts her 19-year career at the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company and her decision to file a sex-discrimination suit against the company in 1998 over unequal pay. Ms. Ledbe…

The President’s Middle Class Task Force and Council on Women and Girls talked about the Paycheck Fairness Act, which sought wage equality for women. President Obama was urging the Senate to …

The Senate Judiciary Committee held its fourth day of hearings on the appointment of Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court seat vacated by the retirement of Justice John Paul Stevens. Witnes…

First lady Michelle Obama made her first official remarks at a reception held after President Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2007. Lilly Ledbetter also spoke. Lilly L…

President Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act which effectively ended a 2007 U.S. Supreme Court decision saying employees had only 180 days to file a pay-discrimination lawsuit. …

The second day of the Democratic National Convention at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado, focused on economic issues, providing help to working Americans, and Senator Barack Obama’s visi…

At a national conference for the National Organization for Women (NOW), Kim Gandy delivered the keynote address, focusing on major accomplishments of NOW over the past year. Barbara Hilla…

Lilly Ledbetter and others testified about the implications of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Ledbetter v. Goodyear. Ms. Ledbetter had sued Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company for employment …