[T1S1] family background and genealogy; her father helps found the Young Men's Hebrew Association in Pittsburgh, becomes second president of Young Men's Hebrew Association; family's residence on Perrysville Road; family affiliation with Rodef Shalom Temple; number of siblings; family's relocation to Squirrel Hill section of the city; education, Colfax Elementary, Taylor Allderdice High School; mother's involvement with YMHA and temple; recollections of childhood; discussion of services at Rodef Shalom; the four generations in their household; marriage to Ellis Tumpson, a lieutenant in the Navy; birth of first child in Washington, DC; moves to Mt. Lebanon, PA, a suburb of Pittsburgh; history of the Temple Emanuel in Mt. Lebanon; her education at the University of Pittsburgh; her writings for the "Pitt News" and newspapers in Washington, DC; her work with Hadassah, the National Council of Jewish Women and B'nai B'rith in Mt. Lebanon; her devotion to the Sisterhood and Hadassah; attitudes toward Jewish agencies; discussion of rabbis who served Temple Emanuel and growth of the congregation.
