[T1S1] early life in Morgantown, WV; her piano studies at a boarding school in Roanoke, VA; her family's role in the community of Morgantown; the Jewish community there; her father's role in establishing the first Jewish fraternity at West Virginia University; description of her mother; her move to Pittsburgh to study music and art at Carnegie Mellon; social life at Carnegie Mellon; courtship and marriage to David Labovitz; his education in chemistry; discussion of his service in chemical warfare during WWI; her work with the National Council of Jewish Women with refugees during WWII; her work with the Nurses Aide Corps of the American Red Cross; holding a summer workshop in her home for children with cerebral palsy; studying handcrafts at the University of Pittsburgh; board member, Easter Seals Society; her role in establishing a Pittsburgh Chapter of the United Cerebral Palsy organization; fundraising through telethons in the city; merger of United Cerebral Palsy with United Way; beginnings of the United Cerebral Palsy organization.
