Moskowitz, Belle Lindner (Israels) (1877–1933)

US social worker and political adviser. In 1918 she became an aide to Al Smith and served him as a close political adviser during his terms as governor of New York (1919–21, 1923–29) and his campaign as the Democratic Party nominee for president in 1928.

Moskowitz was born in Harlem, New York. After a year at Teachers College of Columbia University (1894–95), she held various posts in progressive urban reform organizations for the next twenty years.