[T1S1] her birth in Pittsburgh, PA; family's relocation to the Squirrel Hill section of the city; education at Linden School; parents' background; her siblings names; affiliation with Rodef Shalom Temple; religious atmosphere in home; Henry Jackson, her grandfather, a founder of Montefiore Hospital and first president there; Jackson's Clothing Store; education, Schenley High School, Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Wisconsin; employment, Jewish Family and Children's Services; studying social work at night at the University of Pittsburgh; marriage and relocation to Philadelphia, PA; husband's training in pediatrics; her employment with Social Service Bureau in Philadelphia; returns to Pittsburgh; her work at Montefiore Hospital; recollections of the flood of 1936; employment in Sharpsburg, PA; recollections of social activities in her youth.