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> [The first bill that President Obama signed into law was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. I think it says something about his priorities that the first bill he put his name on has my name on it too. As…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lilly-ledbetter/the-first-bill-that-president-obama-signed-into-law-was-the-lilly/)

[Lilly Ledbetter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lilly-ledbetter/)

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## More by Lilly Ledbetter

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lilly-ledbetter/the-supreme-court-told-me-that-i-should-have-filed-a-complaint-within/)

[Lilly Ledbetter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lilly-ledbetter/)

> [In the end, I didn't get a dime of the money I was shortchanged.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lilly-ledbetter/in-the-end-i-didn-t-get-a-dime-of-the-money-i-was-shortchanged/)

[Lilly Ledbetter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lilly-ledbetter/)

> [The first bill that President Obama signed into law was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. I think it says something about his priorities…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lilly-ledbetter/the-first-bill-that-president-obama-signed-into-law-was-the-lilly/)

[Lilly Ledbetter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lilly-ledbetter/)

> [Some of you may know my story: How for nineteen years, I worked as a manager for a tire plant in Alabama. And some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lilly-ledbetter/some-of-you-may-know-my-story-how-for-nineteen-years-i-worked-as-a/)

[Lilly Ledbetter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lilly-ledbetter/)

> [Twenty-three cents may not sound like a lot to someone with a Swiss bank account.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lilly-ledbetter/twenty-three-cents-may-not-sound-like-a-lot-to-someone-with-a-swiss/)

[Lilly Ledbetter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lilly-ledbetter/)

> [Maybe 23 cents doesn't sound like a lot to someone with a Swiss bank account, Cayman Island Investments and an IRA worth tens of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lilly-ledbetter/maybe-23-cents-doesn-t-sound-like-a-lot-to-someone-with-a-swiss-bank/)

[Lilly Ledbetter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lilly-ledbetter/)

> [I'll be happy if the last thing they say about me after I die is that I made a difference.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lilly-ledbetter/i-ll-be-happy-if-the-last-thing-they-say-about-me-after-i-die-is-that/)

[Lilly Ledbetter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lilly-ledbetter/)

> [There's nothing I wouldn't do, no matter how dirty or hard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lilly-ledbetter/there-s-nothing-i-wouldn-t-do-no-matter-how-dirty-or-hard/)

[Lilly Ledbetter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lilly-ledbetter/)

> [“I sometimes worried I'd never experience that sense of wonder you feel meeting a new friend or traveling to a new place for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lilly-ledbetter/i-sometimes-worried-i-d-never-experience-that-sense-of-wonder-you/)

[Lilly Ledbetter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lilly-ledbetter/)

> [We sought justice because equal pay for equal work is an American value. That fight took me ten years. It took me all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lilly-ledbetter/we-sought-justice-because-equal-pay-for-equal-work-is-an-american/)

[Lilly Ledbetter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lilly-ledbetter/)

> [Because women still earn just 77 cents for every dollar men make. Those pennies add up to real money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lilly-ledbetter/because-women-still-earn-just-77-cents-for-every-dollar-men-make/)

[Lilly Ledbetter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lilly-ledbetter/)

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