Trotsky later wrote: Alexandra Lvovna had one of the most important positions in the South Russian Workers' Union.
Her utter loyalty to socialism and her complete lack of any personal ambition gave her an unquestioned moral authority.
[5] In his autobiography, Trotsky wrote that when he considered escaping from Siberia (alone, of necessity) in the summer of 1902, despite their younger daughter being only four months old, Sokolovskaya told him "you must", because "duty to the revolution overshadowed everything else for her, personal considerations especially.
Their daughters were mostly raised by David and Anna Bronstein, Trotsky's wealthy parents, in Yanovka, Ukraine.
She was finally freed by the February Revolution of 1917, after a period of prison and exile stretching over 19 years, and was able to live in Petrograd with her daughters, who were now in their teens.
Plump, her white hair over her kindly face, Alexandra Lvovna Bronstein was the last word in common sense and honesty.