in 1930 she came back to moscow and helped start "moscow news", the first english-language newspaper in the city. she was managing editor for a year and then became a featured writer. she married soviet official and fellow socialist joel shubin in 1932. much like strong, shubin was a man passionately dedicated to his work and the two were often apart because of work, and would ultimately spend little time together before shubin's death in 1942.