Sophie (Sophie Z. Liebowitz) Ruskay

Born in 1887 and also listed as Sophie Z. Liebowitz, she was an American author remembered for writing about Jewish life in New York City. An obituary from the Jewish Telegraphic Agency describes her as a descendant of settlers who helped shape Jewish life in New York and notes that she wrote about the Lower East Side.

Her best-known books include Horsecars and Cobblestones (1948), an autobiographical work about growing up in old New York, and Discovery at Aspen (1960). Library and catalog records consistently identify her as Sophie Ruskay, with the fuller form Sophie Z. Liebowitz, and give her life dates as 1887–1980.

Ruskay died in 1980 at age 95. Although reliable biographical details online are fairly limited, the available sources point to a writer whose work preserved family memory, immigrant experience, and everyday Jewish city life with clarity and affection.