Background
Sommerfeld, Marianna was born on January 25, 1920 in Frankfurt, Germany. Daughter of Martin and Helene (Schott) Sommerfeld.
Sommerfeld, Marianna was born on January 25, 1920 in Frankfurt, Germany. Daughter of Martin and Helene (Schott) Sommerfeld.
Bachelor, Smith College, 1940. Master of Arts, Radcliffe College, 1946. Master of Social Work, Simmons College, 1957.
Teacher Latin, German, English, Burnham School Girls, Northampton, Massachusetts, 1940-1943; German translator, Yale Institute Human Rels., New Haven, 1943-1944; teacher, Northfield (Massachusetts) School Girls, 1944-1945; psychiatric social worker, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts, 1957-1959; psychiatric social worker, Gaebler Children's Unit/Metropolitan Eastern State Hospital, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1959-1962; psychiatric social worker, Boston University/Boston City Hospital, 1962-1967; psychiatric social worker, New England Medical Center, Boston, 1967-1971; private practice, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1962-1968; supervisor clinical social work, Erich Lindeman Health Center, Boston, 1971-1990; writer, since 1976.
Volunteer Cambridge School, 1993. Member National Organization for Women, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, Planned Parenthood, Southern Poverty Law Center, National Writers Union, Women's National Book Association, Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association New England (associate), Professional Writers Cape Cod. F C.