Edith (Edie) Windsor, on the right, holds hands with Thea Clara Spyer the day of their wedding, after 40 years together, on May 22, 2007. By then, Spyer was suffering from multiple sclerosis and could move only one finger.
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Edith (Edie) Windsor, on the right, holds hands with Thea Clara Spyer the day of their wedding, after 40 years together, on May 22, 2007. By then, Spyer was suffering from multiple sclerosis and could move only one finger.
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In this photo taken in the 1960s, Thea Spyer, left, poses with Edith Windsor at The Cloisters, in Washington Heights, New York City.
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In this photo taken in the 1960s, Thea Spyer, left, poses with Edith Windsor at The Cloisters, in Washington Heights, New York City.
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Thea Spyer, left, and Edie Windsor were together for 42 years until Thea's death in 2009.
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Thea Spyer, left, and Edie Windsor were together for 42 years until Thea's death in 2009.
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Edie and Thea dress for Halloween sometime in the 1980s, years before they really got married in Toronto, Canada, in 2007. Thea was in a wheelchair because of her MS.
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Edie and Thea dress for Halloween sometime in the 1980s, years before they really got married in Toronto, Canada, in 2007. Thea was in a wheelchair because of her MS.
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Thea and Edie age gracefully together.
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Thea and Edie age gracefully together.
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Edie, seen outside the Supreme Court building, was required to pay $363,000 more in estate taxes than she would have had to pay if the federal government recognized her 2007 marriage to Thea.
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Edie, seen outside the Supreme Court building, was required to pay $363,000 more in estate taxes than she would have had to pay if the federal government recognized her 2007 marriage to Thea.
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Edie acknowledges her supporters as she leaves the Supreme Court on March 27 after arguments in her case challenging the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act.
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Edie acknowledges her supporters as she leaves the Supreme Court on March 27 after arguments in her case challenging the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act.
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