[2] Goldberg immigrated to the United States in 1939 on one of the last trans-Atlantic passenger ship convoys before the full outbreak of World War II.
Pritzker family lore claims that she wore her life preserver throughout the entire length of the voyage due to the constant threat of German U-boat attack.
[1] She initially took a job as a blackjack dealer in Reno, Nevada, as part of an assignment for a magazine[1] before landing a position in New York City as a foreign correspondent for The Associated Press of Great Britain during World War II.
[2] Goldberg met her future husband, Jack Nicholas Pritzker, on a blind date in Manhattan.
[1] The couple were married in 1943, shortly after Jack entered the U.S. Navy as a lieutenant, junior grade during World War II.
Rhoda volunteered for the Red Cross while living in Key West, beginning her career in philanthropy.
[2] Pritzker was a major donor to the New College of Florida's $2.5 million Marine Biology Research Center, which opened in the late 1990s.
[2] Additionally, Pritzker served on the board of trustees of the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, Florida, during the 1980s.