Edna P. Gurewitsch

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Edna P. Gurewitsch is an art historian and former art dealer. Born in New York, she earned her bachelor of science degree from New York University and taught at the High School of Music & Art. Gurewitsch also served as vice president of Manhattan’s E. & A. Silberman Galleries. During her marriage to Dr. David Gurewitsch, personal physician of Eleanor Roosevelt, she maintained a close friendship with the former First Lady. Mrs. Roosevelt and David and Edna Gurewitsch bought and shared a New York City townhouse together, and the Gurewitsches accompanied Mrs. Roosevelt on many of her trips abroad.

Gurewitsch has one daughter, three grandchildren, and one stepdaughter. She lives in New York City.