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In 1918 Malkiel ran in primary for U.S. Congress in New York as one of several Socialist candidates. She ran again for New York State Assembly in 1919, again on the Socialist ticket, and lost. Malkiel was born in Russia and immigrated to the United States in 1891. In New York, she worked in a garment factory and founded the Cloak Makers Union. She also worked with the Women's Trade Union League. She was involved in the Socialist Labor Party in the late 1890s, but eventually split from them and joined the Socialist Party. She continued being an active socialist, and was a co-founder of the New York Call, a socialist journal. She was a leader in the National Women's Committee and objected to the lack of attention to women in the Socialist Party. She was on the Party's Suffrage Campaign Committee, and saw women's suffrage as important strategically for socialism. Malkiel served as a mentor to Pauline Newman, a fellow suffragist and socialist.
