[2][3] Her paternal grandfather, Leopold Löw, was a noted rabbi and Jewish leader in Hungary.

"There is nothing in the mental bias of a woman to prevent her having a comprehensive knowledge of any of the affairs of life, no matter how great.

"[7] She used her language skills (fluency in Hungarian, Yiddish, and German) to represent and interpret for immigrant workers, in cases involving labor violations, predatory loans, and fraud.

[2][9] She attended the Republican National Committee meeting in St. Louis in 1918, working for the party's public support for the 19th Amendment.

From 1919 to 1921, she sat on the New York State Industrial Commission, filling the vacancy left when Frances Perkins went to Washington.