U.S. v. Edith Windsor in Her Capacity as Executor of the Estate of Thea Clara Spyer, et al. (Case 12-307)

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U.S. v. Edith Windsor in Her Capacity as Executor of the Estate of Thea Clara Spyer, et al. (Case 12-307)

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National Archives at Washington, D.C

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Windsor, Edie, 1929-2017

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Edie Windsor (née Schlain; June 20, 1929 – September 12, 2017) was an American LGBT rights activist and a technology manager at IBM. She was the lead plaintiff in the 2013 Supreme Court of the United States case United States v. Windsor, which 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. The Obama administration and federal agencies extended rights, privileges and benefits to married same-...