The Supreme Court told me that I should have filed a complaint within six months of the company's first decision to pay me less even though I didn't know about it for nearly two decades.

Activism

On August 26 2008 (Women's Equality Day) Lilly Ledbetter spoke at the Democratic National Convention on the topic of pay equity. TV Appearances
On October 31 2012 Lilly Ledbetter appeared as a guest on the Colbert Report to promote her book "Grace and Grit: My Fight for Equal Pay and Fairness at Goodyear and Beyond. In 1968 Lilly Ledbetter passed the H&R Block tax preparation exam and became an associate with H&R Block.

She has since become a women's equality activist. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.