Began her career in 1950 with an advertising agency but quit after six month because of sexual harassment.
Awarded an honorary doctorate from New York's Parsons School of Design.
Received a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship.
In 2009 she received the Anonymous Was a Woman Award.
Her work is in the permanent collections of institutions including the Museum of Modern Art, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and the Whitney Museum of American Art, all in New York; and the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.
Has four children, filmmaker Beth B., sons Paul and Ned and other daughter Debra.
Received a lifetime achievement award from the College Art Association.
Graduated from the New York State Institute of Arts and Sciences in 1950 with a degree in graphic design.
Was presented with a lifetime achievement award by the Women's Caucus for Art in 2008.
Was a freelance illustrator of children's books and greeting cards.
Worked at the New York Public Library in the art division.
Her ultra-Orthodox Jewish parents immigrated from Poland. Her mother was a dressmaker and her father was a furrier.