Edith “Edie” Windsor is gloriously raising hell in heaven today.

Edie was a gifted and brilliant mathematician who worked on the ground floor of IBM’s development of the Univac.  As a child, she lived through the depression and saw her family lose their home and their business.  Although physically tiny, Edie was larger than life.  Edie was also gay.

She is the Windsor in United States v. Windsor, where she overturned Section 3 of DOMA on a 5-4 decision, allowing surviving spouses in same-sex marriages the same tax benefits as allowed in any other marriage in America.

This is Edie in June of this year, at 88 years old, at the DC Pride Parade.

She is a genuine American hero and lived a life of courage, fortitude, and joy.

I hope there is another Edie Windsor born today because we need another one.

Pride.