Dorothy Reuben Rosenman

Dorothy Rosenman (1900 – 17 January 1991) was an expert on housing, a lifelong advocate for low-cost housing and an author.

Early life and education Rosenman was born Dorothy Ruben in New York City. She graduated from the Montessori Training School in 1918, while also attending Columbia University.

Rosenman served on many committees throughout her career, including NYC Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia's Committee on Housing Legislation. She served as chairman and organizer of the National Committee on Housing, Inc., as chairman of the committee working to create a New York State Division of Housing, and as chairman of the Housing Committee of the United Neighborhood Houses of New York. The latter worked for better housing conditions on the Lower East Side of New York.

Dorothy and her husband had two sons. Rosenman, Dorothy. Needed: Five Million Homes. National Committee on Housing, 1945. Rosenman, Dorothy and Samuel Rosenman, Presidential Style: Some Giants and a Pygmy in the White House. Harper & Row, 1976.