She studied at the Moore Inst. Des.; PAFA; Barnes Found.; San Carlos Acad., Mexico, D.F.
Exhibited: PAFA, 1936, 1938, 1941, 1942, 1954; Graphic Sketch Club, 1938 (prize), 1940 (prize); NAD, 1941, 1944-46, 1957, 1958; CI, 1943; MMA, 1943, 1949; Carlen Gal., 1942 (solo); Phila. Pr. Club, 1944 (solo); Phila. YW-YMHA, 1954.
Member: AEA; Nat. Lg. Prof. Women Artists; Phila. Pr. Club
Work: LOC.; National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Inst.; CI; National Mus. of TV Arts and Sciences; drawings, Phila. Inquirer.
Lectures: Mexican Art. Courtroom sketch artist, Philadelphia Inquirer; TV sketch artist, 1966 on.Illustr. of numerous books. Showing a talent for art at an early age, Freda and her identical twin sister Ida won 21 scholarships for art schools. In Mexico City she studied with Diego Rivera, returning to the US in 1943. She worked as a volunteer for the USO, drawing sketches of soldiers, and married dentist Frank Reiter that same year. She covered many high profile trials as a sketch artist, and spent two years in Washington, DC covering the hearings and trials of Watergate for the ABC Television network. She received an Emmy for her work in connection with the Iranian hostage crisis.