She was the fifth of the couple's eleven children[6] which included brothers Milton (1927-2015), Marcus, Philip, Robert, and Samuel (1921-1997), and sisters Bertha, Miriam, Loretta, Sylvia, and Florence.
The couple "founded, developed, and managed a livestock and agribusiness industry of major importance to the economy of Kern County.
[12] Rudnick's father, like many of his generation and region of origin, did not believe in women pursuing schooling and hence refused to pay for his daughter's collegiate aspirations (Can We Talk ?
podcast, 4:03, 4:25) Rudnick defied her father's dismissal of her desire to pursue higher education, however, and went about securing work for herself so she could pay her own way through school.
[15] The position she found involved working at Douglas Aircraft in Los Angeles on an assembly line for military plane construction.
Her father called her crazy for wanting to join and refused to allow it, but she repeatedly pressed the matter until he told her she should go and ask her mother.
[6] She subsequently attended flight school at Lone Pine and Silverlake,[12] earning her license, but the war was at its tail end, and the WASPs were involuntarily disbanded--"legislated out of existence"[12]—before Rudnick could get off the waiting list of women interested in and eligible for joining.
The piece also reported that "she has bought army corps planes that have been put up for sale, fixed them up mechanically and resold them at a profit" and that Rudnick "represents feminine initiative in aviation development and has the courage to match her dreams.
[22] The company considered Rudnick, among a handful of women, as playing "an outstanding part" in the models' sales, and one of the "feminine standard bearers" in doing so.
[20] At some point in her career, Rudnick served as a contractor for the United States government, partaking in geological surveys and oil exploration on the north slope of Alaska.
[17][25] In 1948, Rudnick, a "dedicated 'offshore' volunteer," established flight training at her air field for Jews living in Palestine.
"[33] In 2019, in a comment to the Jewish Journal, Rudnick's brother, Robert (Bob) stated that he and Jeff Silbar are writing a musical about Elynor's life.