GADSDEN, Ala. — Lilly Ledbetter, a women's equality activist whose sex discrimination lawsuit against her employer culminated in a major equal wage legislation bearing her name, has died.

Auburn Public Theater will partner with the National Women's Hall of Fame to screen "Lilly," a new film about equal pay activist Lilly Ledbetter, on Thursday, Feb. 27, at the downtown theater.

Lilly Ledbetter, an icon of the equal pay movement, dies at 86 Former President Barack Obama signed into law the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which gave workers the right to sue within 180 days ...