Edith Windsor
Edith Windsor · Civil Rights & Human Rights
LGBT rights activist whose Supreme Court case struck down the Defense of Marriage Act.
1929, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States — 2017, Manhattan, New York, United States
United States
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Edith Windsor was an American LGBT-rights activist and former IBM technologist whose lawsuit, United States v. Windsor (2013), led the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act, a landmark for marriage equality. She was Jewish, born to a Jewish family in Philadelphia, and sued after being denied a spousal estate-tax exemption on her late wife's inheritance. Her case reshaped federal recognition of same-sex marriage.
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LGBT rights activist whose Supreme Court case struck down the Defense of Marriage Act.
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