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Edith Windsor
4 quotes
“It [the domestic partnership] was a symbol of who were to each other, no question...but it wasn't the same as the morning after we got married and woke up. There's a profundity that probably goes with the word altogether, but I think it's much more so for those of us who thought we could never have it.”
Edith Windsor (1929–2017) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On how marriage changed her relationship to Thea Spyer in “Edith Windsor on Love, DOMA and Life as a Civil Rights Icon” in WNYC Studios (2013 Dec 25)
“We told ourselves that it didn’t matter if there was no word to cement our reality…We were the ones that made it real. And yet, the sense of otherness loomed.”
Edith Windsor (1929–2017) said by 2017 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On wanting to legitimize her relationship (as quoted in “Gay rights icon Edie Windsor’s sheer force carries ‘A Wild and Precious Life’”) (Tampa Bay; 2019 Oct 8)
“I could not imagine a life that way…I wanted to be like everybody else. You marry a man who supports you – it never occurred to me I'd have to earn a living, and nor did I study to earn a living.”
Edith Windsor (1929–2017) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On coming to the realization that she was a lesbian (as quoted in “Edith Windsor and Thea Spyer: 'A love affair that just kept on and on and on'”) (The Guardian; 2013 Jun 26)
“I really believe in the supreme court. First of all, I'm the youngest in my family and justice matters a lot – the littlest one gets pushed around a lot. And I trust the supreme court, I trust the constitution – so I feel a certain confidence that we'll win.”
Edith Windsor (1929–2017) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On her confidence in the U.S. Supreme Court in “Edith Windsor and Thea Spyer: 'A love affair that just kept on and on and on'”) (The Guardian; 2013 Jun 26)