[T1S1] number of siblings in family; father's mercantile business in Moundsville, WV; loss of business during the depression; move to Pittsburgh with aid from LAS; religious family, kosher; marriage and move to Wheeling, WV and then Carrick, PA; purchase of a store; activities at the Irene Kaufmann Center; early education in Moundsville, WV; early medical care; segregation of Blacks; husband's family history and business; opening a grocery store in Carrick, PA, 1945; move to Squirrel Hill, 1949; becomes head of LAS around 1965; operation of LAS.