Edith Schlain was born to Russian Jewish immigrants in Philadelphia in 1929, and grew up there during the height of the Great Depression. But by the time she met Thea, the woman and clinical psychologist who would later become her partner, Edie had already been living in New York for several years, having pursued her master’s degree in mathematics at New York University in 1955. “I told him the truth,” Edie later recalled in an interview. '”She completed her studies in 1957 and got a job as a research assistant with the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Edie’s job, which involved programming an eight-ton UNIVAC computer, required her to interview with the FBI to obtain a security clearance.

Source: New York Times July 05, 2023 19:31 UTC