Rose Strunsky Lorwin

In 1886 her family emigrated by ship to the United States, settling in New York City.

After several years the family moved to San Francisco, where they lived with her older brother, Dr. Max Strunsky, who had become a physician.

Rose and Anna became active in socialist politics and San Francisco's literary scene, where they were members of "The Crowd", which included writer Jack London.

In 1905 the sisters travelled together in Russia as correspondents for William English Walling, an American socialist who had a revolutionary news bureau.

Her translations into English include Maxim Gorky's The Confession, the journal of Leo Tolstoy and Leon Trotsky's Literature and Revolution.