[T1S1] birth in Pittsburgh; other cities of residence; family background; early competition with her brother, Stanley; her musical talent, training; education, Taylor Allderdice High School, Dorothy Finkelhor's Business Training College; moves to New York; finds employment with an advertising agency; becomes a copy writer in 1938; joins brother's ad agency in Pittsburgh in 1940; sells business in 1944 after brother joins the Navy; moves to Los Angeles, CA (LA); has a daily radio show on shopping tips for the May Company Department Stores in LA; also hosts a television fashion show from the Ambassador Hotel for three years; courtship and marriage; birth of only child, a son; begins freelance copywriting; some of the accounts she handled while in Hollywood; views of Hollywood; returns to Pittsburgh in 1954; employment with Bob Lando Agency; son's education; moves to Ketchum, McLeod, Grove Agency (KMG) as senior account executive; description of KMG.