Edith Windsor
Edith "Edie" Windsor | |
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.jpg) Edith Windsor in 2017 | |
| Born | Edith Schlain June 20, 1929 |
| Died | September 12, 2017 (aged 88) |
| Alma mater | New York University Temple University |
| Employer | IBM |
| Known for | United States v. Windsor |
| Movement | LGBT rights |
| Spouse(s) | Saul Windsor (?-?; div.) Thea Clara Spyer (m. 2007; died 2009) Judith Kasen (m. 2016) |
| Awards | see below |
| Website | EdieWindsor.com |
Edith "Edie" Windsor[1] (née Schlain; June 20, 1929 – September 12, 2017) was an American lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights activist and a former technology manager at IBM.[2][3]
Windsor was the lead plaintiff in the Supreme Court of the United States case United States v. Windsor, which successfully overturned Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act and was considered a landmark legal victory for the same-sex marriage movement in the United States.
Windsor died in Manhattan, New York on September 12, 2017 at the age of 88.
Early life and education[change | change source]
Windsor was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to James and Celia Schlain, a Russian Jewish immigrant family of modest means. She was the youngest of three children.[2][3][4] During her childhood, her family suffered as a result of the Great Depression, and her father lost both his candy-and-ice-cream store and their home above it.[2][5] In school, she at times experienced anti-Semitism.[3][6] Throughout school, she dated boys her age, but said later she recalls having crushes on girls.[3][7]
Windsor received her bachelor's degree from Temple University in 1950.[2][8] In 1955, she began pursuing a master's degree in mathematics, which she obtained from New York University in 1957.[2][3][6] She then joined IBM, where she worked for the next sixteen years. During this time, she spent two semesters studying applied mathematics at Harvard University on an IBM fellowship.[2]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Curtis M. Wong (September 12, 2017). "Bill Clinton, Andy Cohen, Lea DeLaria And More Mourn Edie Windsor's Death". Huffington Post. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "Affidavit of Edith Schlain Windsor" (PDF). nyclu.org. United States District Court Southern District of New York. June 23, 2011. Retrieved June 25, 2015.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Eliza Gray (December 11, 2013). "Edith Windsor, The Unlikely Activist". Time. Retrieved June 25, 2015.
- ↑ Naomi Zeveloff. "Forward 50 (2013): Edith Windsor". The Forward. Retrieved October 23, 2014.
- ↑ "Windsor Amended Complaint". box.com.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Jill Hamburg Coplan (Fall 2011). "When a Woman Loves a Woman". nyu.edu. NYU Alumni Magazine (17). Retrieved June 25, 2015.
- ↑ Totenberg, Nina (March 21, 2013). "Meet The 83-Year-Old Taking On The U.S. Over Same-Sex Marriage". All Things Considered. NPR. Retrieved June 25, 2015.
- ↑ Graham, Kristen A. (April 28, 2014). "At Temple, an alumna once closeted gets a hero's welcome back". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved October 12, 2015.
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