Her parents, Abraham and Ida Komaroff (née Ipp), raised her and her two siblings in a politically engaged environment that valued independent thinking and their Jewish culture.
[2]: 3 After making her way through the Detroit school system, Wolfgang studied commercial art and interior design at the Carnegie Institute of Technology.
[2]: 15 In 1936 Governor Frank Murphy recognized her for her efficient oversight of Local 705 and appointed her to the Domestic and Personal Service Department of the Michigan Employment Security Commission.
[4][page needed] The CLUW focused on helping women become leaders in their own unions by instructing them on how to present issues and craft arguments during contract talks.
The collection contains .25 linear feet of records relating to her work for the hotel, Motel, and Restaurant Employees Union and her involvement in the women's rights movement.
The Walter P. Reuther Library also holds the Coalition of Labor Union Women Records, which contains 88 linear feet of material documenting the group's activities from 1972 to 2001.