Goodyear tire plant

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. The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act strengthened the rights of workers to sue for pay discrimination.

GADSDEN, Ala. (AP) — Goodyear is permanently closing a nearly century-old tire plant that employs more than 400 people in Alabama. Papers filed by the…