The source material has been taken from over 80 hours of Edie’s own audio tapes as well as interviews with dozens of people who knew her and her work. Martin’s Press), which was left unfinished when she died. “There are so many stories to tell.”įor over a year Judith has spent many of her days working with Josh Lyon, the writer who helped complete Edie’s memoir, A Wild and Precious Life (St. It’s a prodigious and never-ending task, yet one that Judith is deeply invested in because of its crucial importance to LGBTQ history. We squeezed ten years into two.”Īn activist in her own right, Judith has devoted the time since Edie died to defining her wife’s legacy. Of their marriage, Judith says, “When I come home, it’s difficult. She was, Judith says, “the best thing that ever happened to me.” In photographs of the couple, Edie looks at Judith with love and tenderness.
Judith Kasen-Windsor is doing just that- carrying on without the love of her life, while keeping Edie’s memory vividly alive. Widows have a place of honor in society, left as they are to carry on living their own lives while preserving the memory of a partner who has died. Yet when I sat down to talk with Judith about Edie’s memoir, which Judith has shepherded to completion, we were reminded of all that the word means, including the fact that, in a previous time it was considered a title.
Windsor, which overturned Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act, leading to the legalisation of same-sex marriage in 2015.
Judith Kasen-Windsor and Edie Windsor’s An attractive, vibrant blonde still in her 50s, Judith Kasen-Windsor is a grieving widow nonetheless, mourning one of the most important lesbian figures in LGBTQ history, her late wife, Edie Windsor.Įdie Windsor was the lead plaintiff in the 2013 U.S.
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