Henrietta was very intelligent, and very liberal politically. She was also very supportive of her children and family. She worked very hard at whatever she did, from working in the family textile business in Allentown to working in the real estate business as a builder. She went to law school and graduated at age 21, having started in 1922, and graduated in 1926. She was a socialist, and an atheist. She liked the literary works of Upton Sinclair. She was a staunch union supporter.