Helena Rubinstein - Early Life

Early Life

Rubinstein was the eldest of eight children born to Augusta - Gitte (Gitel) Shaindel Rubinstein née Silberfeld and Horace - Naftoli Hertz Rubinstein; who was a shopkeeper in Kraków. For a short time, she studied medicine in Switzerland.

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