page_title: Hannah Weinstein
section_title: Early life
hierarchical_section_title: Hannah Weinstein / Early life
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph of Franklin D. Roosevelt with a group of supporters from the Independent Voters Committee of the Arts and Sciences for Roosevelt Feature titled "Campaign Fun" states that "In Washington an arts-and-sciences group supporting Roosevelt had a good laugh with the President over some incidental byplay". Caption reads as follows:Chortling with the President are from left: Van Wyck Brooks, Hannah Dorner, Jo Davidson, Jan Kiepura, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Gish and Dr. Harlow Shapley
context_page_description: Hannah Weinstein was an American journalist, publicist and left-wing political activist who moved to Britain and became a television producer. She is best remembered for having produced The Adventures of Robin Hood television series in the mid-to-late 1950s.
context_section_description: Born to a Jewish family in New York City, After graduating with a degree in journalism from New York University, Weinstein worked for the New York Herald Tribune from 1927. In 1937, she left the newspaper to join Fiorello H. La Guardia's mayoral campaign in New York City. She was also involved in the presidential campaigns of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Henry Wallace. With Ring Lardner Jr., she wrote speeches for Charlie Chaplin and Orson Welles during this period.
caption: Members of the Independent Voters Committee of the Arts and Sciences for Roosevelt visit FDR at the White House (October 1944). From left: Van Wyck Brooks, Hannah Dorner, Jo Davidson, Jan Kiepura, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Gish, Dr. Harlow Shapley
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