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Edith Windsor

Edith Windsor was the plaintiff in United States v. Windsor, a landmark case challenging the Defense of Marriage Act. In 2007, she married Thea Spyer, her partner of four decades. After Spyer died, Windsor was barred from claiming the federal estate-tax exemption for surviving spouses. She filed a lawsuit in 2010; in June, the United States Supreme Court ruled in her favor. She has received the SAGE Lifetime Achievement Award, New York University’s Presidential Medal, and the Roger N. Baldwin Medal of Liberty.











When: Sun., Oct. 6, 2013 at 11:00 am
Where: Acura at SIR Stage 37
508 W. 37th St.

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Edith Windsor was the plaintiff in United States v. Windsor, a landmark case challenging the Defense of Marriage Act. In 2007, she married Thea Spyer, her partner of four decades. After Spyer died, Windsor was barred from claiming the federal estate-tax exemption for surviving spouses. She filed a lawsuit in 2010; in June, the United States Supreme Court ruled in her favor. She has received the SAGE Lifetime Achievement Award, New York University’s Presidential Medal, and the Roger N. Baldwin Medal of Liberty.

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