Biography
Ida Gottesman was a Hungarian-born New York garment worker and union member who had lived in the United States for about 45 years. Immigration authorities arrested her in November 1953 during a McCarran-Walter Act roundup of long-resident immigrants accused of radical affiliation. The reviewed record confirms the arrest but does not establish whether she was detained or when she was released.
The National Guardian, November 16, 1953, printed page 5 (PDF page 9) reports a historical age. Contemporary report gives age 59 in November 1953, placing birth in 1893 or 1894; no exact birth date or custody endpoint given. This is an approximate research lead based on the reported age, not a confirmed birthday; the birth-date field has not been filled from it.
