Zametkin was born on October 12, 1863, in Mohyliv-Podilskyi,[1] Russian Empire, in modern-day Ukraine, as Adella Emanuelovna Khean.
She wrote and lectured on women's issues like nutrition, hygiene, birth control, and child education.
[5] Zametkin translated several books into Yiddish, including Nikolay Chernyshevsky's What is to Be Done and Émile Zola's La Bête humaine.
The columns included mainly advice on household management like cooking tips and recipes as well as teaching women about topics like microbes and the importance of getting fresh air, with the goal of making Jewish working-class immigrant more educated of modern American society She also wrote about history, science, notable women like Florence Nightingale.
[6] In 1928, Zametkin ran for the New York State Assembly as a Socialist in Queens County's 4th District, losing to Republican Robert J.