Career
She first ran for city council in 1962 in Ward 2 but was defeated. She was defeated in the 1972 municipal election. She ran federally for the Progressive Conservatives in Spadina in the 1974 federal election but was defeated.
Marks was an advocate for improved housing in the downtown core and initiated a judicial probe into slum conditions in Toronto that resulted in more rigorous housing inspections.
Marks had four children with ex-husband Nick Marks. She was one of the very first women to have been diagnosed with Lupus.
Her middle son, Doug Marks, was approximately born in 1952.
