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- Birth nameFrances Axler
- Frances Goldin was born on June 22, 1924 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA. She was married to Morris Goldin. She died on May 16, 2020 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- SpouseMorris Goldin(1944 - 1971) (divorced, 2 children)
- Housing and human rights activist and literary agent.
- Ran for a seat in the New York State Senate on an American Labor Party ticket headed by W.E.B. DuBois.
- In 1959 she co-founded the Cooper Square Committee which was formed to battle Robert Moses' plan to demolish much of the Lower East Side in New York City as part of his urban renewal project.
- Father Michael Axler was a mechanic and toolmaker for the MTA.
- Her husband Morris Goldin was head of the New York State branch of the American Labor Party and a communist.
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