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Sophie Loeb (Museum of the City of New York)

Sophie Simon’s life changed suddenly when her father died in 1886. Still in high school, the 16-year-old had to take a part-time job clerking in a store to help her mother and five younger siblings. The family had emigrated from Russia to the U.S. in 1876, settling in a town near Pittsburgh.

Sophie wound up mar…