Background
Edelson, Zelda Sarah Toll was born on October 18, 1929 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Louis David and Rose (Eisenstein) Toll.
Edelson, Zelda Sarah Toll was born on October 18, 1929 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Louis David and Rose (Eisenstein) Toll.
Bachelor, University Chicago, 1949. Postgraduate, University Chicago, 1952.
Editor-writer Consolidated Book Publications, Chicago, 1953-1956. Social worker Baltimore City Department Public Welfare, 1956-1957. Public relations writer Maryland Department Employment Security, Baltimore, 1958-1959.
Museum editor Yale Peabody Museum, New Haven, 1970-1976, head publications, 1976-1995, editor mus.'s Discovery magazine, 1983-1995. Lecturer in science writing Yale University, 1983—1984.
Married Marshall Edelson, December 27, 1952 (deceased January 16, 2005). Children: Jonathan Toll Edelson, Rebecca Jo Edelson, David Edelson Tolchinsky.