Biography
Sophie Grunin was a Fordham Workers Alliance member arrested at a Bronx Home Relief Bureau during an unemployed-relief protest. The Daily Worker of November26,1936 reports that she spent a night in jail after her November23 arrest because she could not post bail. Authorities accused her of breaking a glass panel; supporters said it cracked under crowd pressure while applicants sought a relief appointment. She faced a trial before Magistrate Overton Harris. Her final disposition and actual release day are unresolved.
