She emigrated to Brooklyn, New York in 1906 with her parents and family, and became a US citizen in 1919.[1] She was an accomplished artist, and became a set and costume designer for Broadway theaters in New York.[2] She translated dramatic materials from Russian to English including her version of Maxim Gorky's play, "Night Lodging", which was performed at the Plymouth Theater in 1920.[3][4] Edward G. Robinson was among the performers.[5] Fania was also the proprietor of Little Russia, a small boutique in Greenwich Village, just off Washington Square which featured curios from Russia, but her true passion was for feminist and progressive causes.[6][7]