American LGBT rights activist and a technology manager at IBM. She is known for her work in the Supreme Court case of United States v. Windsor, which was considered a landmark legal victory for the same-sex marriage movement in the United States.' She received her bachelor's degree from Temple University in 1950. In 1955, she began pursuing a master's degree in mathematics, which she obtained from New York University in 1957. She fell in love with a fellow classmate at Temple University. Although she would marry Saul Windsor, they later divorced due to her love for women.