[T1S1] early life in Morgantown, WV; her piano studies at a boarding school in Roanoke, VA; her family's role in the community of Morgantown; the Jewish community there; her father's role in establishing the first Jewish fraternity at West Virginia University; description of her mother; her move to Pittsburgh to study music and art at Carnegie Mellon; social life at Carnegie Mellon; courtship and marriage to David Labovitz; his education in chemistry; discussion of his service in chemical warfare during WWI; her work with the National Council of Jewish Women with refugees during WWII; her work with the Nurses Aide Corps of the American Red Cross; holding a summer workshop in her home for children with cerebral palsy; studying handcrafts at the University of Pittsburgh; board member, Easter Seals Society; her role in establishing a Pittsburgh Chapter of the United Cerebral Palsy organization; fundraising through telethons in the city; merger of United Cerebral Palsy with United Way; beginnings of the United Cerebral Palsy organization.
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Identifier
pitt:ais196440.252_t1s1
Relation
ais196440.252
"Labovitz, Gertrude - 1976" Metadata
Metadata Details
Title
Labovitz, Gertrude - 1976
Creator
National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), Pittsburgh Section
Description
Gertrude Labovitz served as president and as an executive board member for the Pittsburgh Chapter of United Cerebral Palsy; birth year, 1903.
Contributor
Labovitz, Gertrude (interviewee), Alpern, Betty;Holmes, Nancy (interviewer), University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Date
1976
Type
oral histories (literary genre), Sound
Identifier
pitt:ais196440.252
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