Gus Hall - Marriage and Family

Marriage and Family

In Youngstown Hall met Elizabeth Mary Turner (1909–2003), a woman of Hungarian background. They were married in 1935. Hall's wife for 65 years, Elizabeth was a leader in her own right, among the first women steelworkers and a secretary of SWOC. They had two children, Barbara (Conway) (born 1938) and Arvo (born 1947).

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