The woman at the center of a landmark Supreme Court ruling overturning the prohibition on same-sex marriage is being remembered in a new memoir.

Edie Windsor was the lead plaintiff in the case US v. Windsor. After the death of her first wife, Thea Spyer, Windsor was hit with estate taxes that she would not have been subjected to in a heterosexual marriage. She sued, claiming that the law discriminated against same-sex couples, in violation of the Constitution. 

In 2013, the court agreed with her, 5-4, overturning The Defense of Marriage Act, which had prohibited same-sex married couples from being recognized by the federal government as spouses.

Now a new memoir explores her extraordinary life, both before and during her long fight for equity. "A Wild and Precious Life: A Memoir," published Tuesday, is a window into the wild underground gay scene of 1950's New York City and the tumultuous decades that followed.

Windor's wife, Judith Kasen Windsor, and memoir co-author Joshua Lyon spoke with WNYC's Richard Hake. 

Books will be available for purchase, and Judith Kasen-Windsor and Joshua Lyon will be signing copies at their book launch party, Friday October 11th, 6-9 pm, at the Stonewall Inn.