- She and husband Julius Rosenberg were convicted of spying for the Soviet Union. Many believed their only crime was their affiliation with the Communist Party in America, but Nikita Khrushchev confirmed in his memoirs that the couple did, in fact, pass atomic secrets to the Soviets, for which they were executed.
- She and her husband Julius were executed one day after their 14th anniversary.
- She became involved in labor disputes while working at a shipping company and joined the Young Communist League, where she met Julius in 1936.
- She originally aspired to be an actress and a singer before taking a job as a secretary at a shipping company.
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