[1] Her father was leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party and thrice Prime Minister of Sweden, while her mother was a journalist and writer.

[2] After initially working for the Stockholm city legal aid office, Branting-Westerståhl started a practice with her husband in 1927.

[3] During that time, she joined the editorial board of the journal Morgonbris alongside Disa Västberg, who later went on to edit the magazine.

[4] During the 1930s, Branting-Westerståhl was very active in raising awareness of the risk of nazism, including touring the United States in 1935 to speak out about the threat of totalitarianism and campaigning against the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.

[5] She also campaigned on behalf of those suffering during the Spanish Civil War and inspected refugee camps in France and Africa as international delegate.