[T1S1] birth and family background in Altoona, PA; early life in Connellsville, PA; education, Waynesburg College; influence of teachers in high school and college; move to Pittsburgh, PA, in 1920; recreational activities as a teen; hobbies after marriage; courtship with Hyman Rogal; their children; her affiliation with the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), Ladies Hospital Aid, and Hadassah after marriage; 1936, her visit to the White House to meet the Roosevelts; husband's involvement with the Young Men's and Women's Hebrew Association (YMWHA); the Hyman Rogal Room at YMWHA.