Malvina Reynolds (born as Malvina Milder on August 23,1900, died March 17, 1978) was an American folk/blues singer-songwriter and political activist, probably best known for writing the song "Little Boxes". [LINK: http://www.wku.edu/~smithch/MALVINA/homep.htm] Biography at Western Kentucky University by Charles H. Smith and Nancy Schimmel - Accessed Nov 2006 Early life Born in San Francisco to two Jewish immigrants and socialist opponents of World War I, Malvina Milder married William Reynolds, a carpenter and devout communist organizer, in 1934 and had one child, Nancy, in 1935. She had earned her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in English from the University of California, Berkeley, and later went on to earn her doctorate there, finishing her dissertation in 1938. Music career Though she played violin in a dance band in her twenties, she began her songwriting career late in life. S

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