[T1S1] parents, Romanian immigrants; father's death when she was a small child; family residence in Hill District; number of siblings; religious upbringing; graduation, Fifth Avenue High School; mother's employment in a tobacco factory to support children; her adolescent years; marriage after high school; her daughter and grandchildren; campaigning for John Kane for county commissioner; he offers her a job after his election; employment in county commissioner office for 10 to 15 years; with the Common Pleas Court for thirty years as an aide; a delegate to almost every national convention; first Jewish president of Pennsylvania Federation of Democratic Women; becomes committeewoman for her district, member of Pennsylvania State Committee and secretary of Democratic Women's Guild of Allegheny County; affiliation with several Jewish organization, including the Anti-Defamation League and Hadassah; travels to Israel and Russia; reasons for her success; 1976, first Jewish woman on the city council; residences in Pittsburgh; improvements in the city; her working style; discussion of televising Pittsburgh's city council meetings; discussion of Pittsburgh's cable system; involvement with Stadium Authority, Buhl Science Center, and Allegheny County Mental Health and Retardation; views about lecturing; her mother's kosher home; visits to the White House, Kennedy Center; entertaining Mrs. Truman and Margaret, sisters of Jack Kennedy; a trip to Israel.
