My father, Jerry, grew up in a working-class immigrant Jewish family in Brooklyn, went to Harvard Law School on scholarship, then flew Navy air transport in World War II before going into commercial real estate.
My mother, Mickie, was beautiful, with short, blond wavy hair — a gift from Lady Clairol — and a wide smile with perfect teeth.
She was one of six women in her Columbia Law School class in the 1940s.
But after rejections from all-male law firms, she sold hats at Macy’s, then retired to be Mommy to my sister and me.
and League of Women Voters.
Persons:
Jerry, Mickie, Lady Clairol —
Organizations:
Harvard Law School, Navy, Columbia Law, of Women Voters
Locations:
Brooklyn