The liberally educated, politically radical and free-spirited Raissa had contact with revolutionary Russian emigrants.
She became friends with Leo Trotsky through the Russian émigré Aline Furtmüller and worked with him in 1929.
Adler was involved in the area of women's issues under the Vienna City Councilor for Health Julius Tandler.
This incident prompted Alfred Adler to personally bring them from Vienna to the USA, where the couple emigrated to in 1935.
[3] After World War II, Adler served for a time as chairwoman of the executive committee of the Individual Psychology Association in New York.