The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 was signed into law by President Barack Obama on January 29, 2009. It was named after Lilly Ledbetter, a former employee of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., who discovered that she had been paid less than her male counterparts for nearly two decades. This act is an amendment to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and addresses the issue of pay discrimination based on gender.