Her brother Milton Goldsmith was a writer;[1] her sister Emily married journalist Felix N.

[3] "Is it not time that the public should be enlightened on the subject of the ability and efficiency of those who, normal and intelligent in every respect, lack only the sense of hearing?"

"It is this misunderstanding and consequent lack of sympathy that forms the greatest obstacle in the path of the deaf, and that, in the interest of our returning heroes, must be avoided.

"[4] In 1919, Stern visited the military hospital at Cape May, and arranged for the printing of a Jewish prayer book for deaf soldiers.

[2] Her brother-in-law Horace Stern was chief justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.