Background
She was born Chana Yanovsky in 1880, on the 28th of Tevet, in Nikolayev, Ukraine, to Rabbi Meir Shlomo and Rachel Yanovsky.
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Chana Schneerson
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Education
As a teenager, she was educated by her father, and when a maamar (Chasidic discourse) would arrive from Lubavitch, she would meticulously and faithfully transcribe it, making it available for other Chasidim.
Career
She was the eldest of four children: two sisters, Gittel and Ettel, and a younger brother, Yisrael Leib, who died as a youth. Rabbi Meir Shlomo was chief rabbi of Nikolayev. The wedding took place on the 13th of Sivan, in Nikolayev.
The couple gave birth to three sons, Menachem Mendel, Dovber, and Yisroel Aryeh Leib.
Their eldest son, Menachem Mendel was later to become the seventh Rebbe of Lubavitch. Levi Yitzchak was arrested in 1939 and exiled in 1940 for his religious practice.
Schneerson joined him in exile. Levi Yitzchak died in 1944.
Widowed, Schneerson left the Soviet Union in 1947.
They both immigrated to the United States. During those years, she held extensive interviews with journalist Nissan Gordon, which have been published in Di yiddishe Heim. In 2012, her memories, which she penned during the years 1947 until 1963, were published by Kehot Publication Society.
