In 1949, won two Tony Awards for "Kiss Me, Kate" with her
husband-collaborator Sam Spewack: as Best Authors (Musical) and for the
book as part of the Best Musical Award.
Credited with inventing the Girl Scout Cookie
She and Samuel Spewack was nominated for a 1998 Laurence Olivier
Theatre Award for Kiss Me Kate performed at the Open Air Theatre, for
Outstanding Musical Production of 1997.
With her husband, Sam Spewack and Cole Porter, their production of Kiss
Me, Kate performed at the Victoria Palace Theatre was awarded the 2001
London Critics Circle Theatre Award for Best Musical.
After graduating from school, she worked as a journalist for socialist and pacifist newspapers, such as 'The New York Call'.