Sophie Irene Loeb was a US journalist and social-welfare advocate.

She was born Sophie Irene Simon. She was a school teacher in McKeesport, PA, at the East End Public School before she married A.F. Loeb, in 1896.

She was the president of the Board of Child Welfare

Child welfare

Child protection is used to describe a set of usually government-run services designed to protect children and young people who are underage and to encourage family stability...

of New York for seven years, and in 1921
she established the first child welfare building. In 1924, she became president of the Child Welfare Committee of America.

External links

• SOPHIE IRENE LOEB FOUNTAIN - Historical Sign at www.nycgovparks.org (biography, English)