SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Edith Windsor

1929 - 2017

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Edith 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-sex couples because of the decision. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Edith Windsor is the 744th most popular social activist (down from 701st in 2024), the 15,105th most popular biography from United States (down from 14,169th in 2019) and the 134th most popular American Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Edith Windsor ranks 743 out of 840. Before her are Stella Obasanjo, Rameshwari Nehru, Dick Gregory, Mazen al-Hamada, and Asmaa Mahfouz. After her are Valdete Idrizi, Burhan Sönmez, Ros Sopheap, Biljana Srbljanović, Wael Ghonim, Leydy Pech, and Karla Avelar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Edith Windsor ranks 552. Before her are Jack Kelsey, William Safire, Al Alvarez, Joan Taylor, Sartaj Aziz, and Yash Johar. After her are Pallonji Mistry, Joi Lansing, Jimmy Adamson, Ila Arun, Barbara Murray, and Eddie Garcia. Among people deceased in 2017, Edith Windsor ranks 651. Before her are Ben Barres, Donna Ares, Dirk Hafemeister, Dick Gregory, Javier Valdez Cárdenas, and Marek Ostrowski. After her are Yash Pal, José Antonio Alonso, Hiep Thi Le, Lorna Gray, Mundell Lowe, and Nelsan Ellis.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edith Windsor ranks 15,111 out of 20,380. Before her are Douglas Crockford (1955), Ramon Estevez (1963), Jaime Ray Newman (1978), Al Jean (1961), George W. Norris (1861), and Kara Walker (1969). After her are Joey Badass (1995), Ken Olin (1954), Virginia Pearson (1886), Phoebe Snow (1950), Jeff Bergman (1960), and Lisa Boyle (1964).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Edith Windsor ranks 134. Before her are Andrea James (1967), John Paulson (1955), Wendell Phillips (1811), Bill Ayers (1944), Ruthie Tompson (1910), and Dick Gregory (1932). After her are David Vetter (1971), Nils Muižnieks (1964), Medea Benjamin (1952), Inez Milholland (1886), Ronan Farrow (1987), and Alicia Garza (1981).

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