The late Pittsburgh Mayor Sophie Masloff was a “character who had character.”
That’s according to Barbara Burstin, an adjunct professor at the University of Pittsburgh and author of “Sophie: The Incomparable Mayor Masloff.” The book was released in 2019 through Word Association Publishers in Tarentum.
Burstin will detail Masloff’s improbable journey — from her humble beginnings in the city’s Hill District to her ascent to office — during a free lecture in Fox Chapel…