Lillie Steinhorn -€“ 7-July-2001 - Weaving Women'€™s Words

About this film

Oral historian Jean Freedman interviewed Lillie Steinhorn on July 7, 2001 in Baltimore, Maryland as part of the Jewish Womenâs Archive "Weaving Women's Words" project. With 65 years of government service, Lillie Steinhorn holds the national record for being the longest employed federal employee. Born in Baltimore in 1911, she has lived there her entire life, except for a brief period during the 1930s when she lived in Washington, D.C. She graduated from high school in 1930 and worked at temporary jobs until 1935, when she began work as a clerk-typist for the federal government. She continued to work in a variety of jobs, including cardpunch operator and statistician, mostly with the Social Security Administration, until her retirement in 2000 at age 89. Lillie never married and continued to live at home with her parents, whom she cared for as they grew older. Throughout her life, she had been close to her brother and sister and has maintained a special relationship with her niece and nephews. She was active in B'nai B'rith Women, had traveled extensively, and enjoyed the theater. In her 90s, Lillie remained devoted to her family, worked out at the gym, and enjoyed her new home in a…

Directors & creators

Jewish Women's Archive

Subjects

Government; Career; Record

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