11 Facts About Sophie Masloff

Sophie Masloff was the first and to date only woman and the first Jew to hold that office.

Sophie Masloff had two sisters and a brother from her mother's previous marriage.

Sophie Masloff spoke only Yiddish until she began attending elementary school.

Sophie Masloff graduated from Fifth Avenue High School in 1935, and began a job as clerk in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas in 1938, where she stayed for 38 years.

In January 1988, Sophie Masloff was elected president of the city council.

Sophie Masloff served out the remainder of Caliguiri's term, and was unopposed in a bid for a full term in November 1989.

Sophie Masloff was the first woman and the first Jew to hold the post.

Sophie Masloff once referred to the rock band The Who as "The How," among many other rehearsed malapropisms.

Sophie Masloff declined to run for a second full term in the 1993 election and retired to her home in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood in 1994.

Sophie Masloff appeared in advertisements for Bruegger's and Schneider's Dairy.

Sophie Masloff died of natural causes on the morning of August 17,2014, at the Center for Compassionate Care in Mt.