Her father, Moishe Gertner, owned a linoleum business; her mother Sadie Gertner was a housewife. Her family lived in a tenement until she was seven years old, when they moved to Flushing, New York.
Moishe Gertner managed a linoleum business and Sadie Gertner was a housewife. Their family resided in a tenement until the age of seven when they moved to Flushing, New York.