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Dorothy Dworkin, nurse and community builder

Dora Dworkin in her nurse’s uniform, around 1909 (Ontario Jewish Archives).
Dora Dworkin in her nurse’s uniform, around 1909 (Ontario Jewish Archives). Dora Dworkin in nurses uniform · Unknown author · Photo source · Photo licence: Public domain. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.
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Dorothy Dworkin, a nurse, midwife and entrepreneur, managed Toronto’s free Jewish Dispensary and helped found Mount Sinai Hospital in the 1920s, which served Jewish Canadians and employed doctors often shut out of hospitals by antisemitism. During the Holocaust she led relief fundraising and, through her family’s steamship agency, helped hundreds of Eastern European Jews settle in Canada.

Scope & context

Dworkin as described in her designation.

Sources behind this record

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Dorothy Dworkin National Historic Person ↗

Parks Canada (Directory of Federal Heritage Designations)

Importance; plaque text