[T1S1] family background; parents, Russian immigrants; siblings and their lives; first marriage; founding president, Women in Urban Crisis (WIUC); divorce, 1970; "Call for Action" program at KDKA radio; birth of children; becomes active in B'nai B'rith Women and Parent Teachers Association; chairperson, first conference of WIUC in Pittsburgh; job as Pittsburgh Coordinator for PPWGO 1971-74; move to Harrisburg, PA and starting a second agency there with support of NAACP and NOW; growth of Pittsburgh program; executive director, The Program for Female Offenders, Inc.; delegate to National Conference on Criminal Justice; first chairperson, Pennsylvania Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Advisory Committee; president, board of trustees, Western Youth Development Center; board member, Better Business Bureau; board of directors, Urban League; list of awards including Hand in Hand, the Martin Luther King Award, YWCA Leadership Award, and Carlow College president's Award; more discussion on PPWGO.