Background
She was born Sala Galante in Białystok, Poland.
United States representative politician
She was born Sala Galante in Białystok, Poland.
She attended public schools in San Francisco and University of San Francisco.
She was the associate director of the California Public Affairs Institute from 1948 to 1950. She was the vice president of the California Democratic Council from 1951 to 1954. She served as president of the San Francisco Democratic Women"s Forum from 1957 to 1959.
Burton served as a delegate to Democratic National Conventions, 1956, 1976, 1980, and 1984.
She was reelected to the two succeeding Congress terms. She died from colon cancer on February 1, 1987, in Washington, District of Columbia and was buried in the Presidio of San Francisco.