Friedberg, Joan Brest - 1998 - Tape 1, Side 2

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[T1S2] Respondent comments on meeting husband, Simeon Friedberg, physicist, their courtship and marriage. Provides additional information on husband. Respondent comments on returning to graduate school to earn Ph D; lists various boards on which she serves and memberships held in other organizations; feels greatest accomplishment: "Beginning with Books" co-founded with Dr. Elizabeth (Betty) Segel: purpose to influence parents to read to their children, provided guidance to parents and made books more accessible. Respondent notes program reached 1000 families, now 4 programs, affiliated with Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh; program encourages families to use library. Respondent comments on things she would have done differently; fathers satisfaction with farming and her arrival in Pittsburgh. before the Renaissance: found city dirty, poor economic conditions and poor environmental conditions, city different now, socially, economically and physically. Respondent expresses feelings about Jews in Pittsburgh.: contributed much to city, honored and accepted, active in many causes; notes mother-in-law, Lillian Friedberg, active in many causes, went to Harrisburg to lobby for fair employment practices so all minorities would be treated equally in work world.