Alida White Sherman (September 4, 1929-August 4, 1986) was the granddaughter of Wisconsin military figure Rufus Dawes and the daughter of Robert Trowbridge Sherman and Jean (Dawes) Sherman. Sherman was trained as a psychologist, receiving her master's degree from the University of Chicago in 1956 and a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from New York University in 1967.
Between 1964 and 1971 she worked at Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center in New York City and collaborated with Herbert J. Biberman, a member of the blacklisted Hollywood Ten. Together the two wrote the screenplay for Slaves (1969), as well as several unproduced motion pictures and plays.
Herbert Joseph Biberman (March 4, 1900-June 30, 1971) was an American screen writer and film director, best known as being part of the Hollywood Ten as well as directing Salt of the Earth (1954). In 1930 he married actress Gale Sondergaard, to whom he stayed married until his death.
Biberman became one of the ten Hollywood directors and writers cited for contempt of Congress when he refused to answer questions about any Communist Party ISA affiliation. Biberman went to jail for six months for contempt convictions. The only works Biberman worked on in Hollywood after being blacklisted were Salt of the Earth (1954) and Slaves (1969).
