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Ida Siegel
- Name
- Ida Siegel
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Ida Siegel
- Number
- OH 168
- Quantity
- 1
- Conservation
- Copied August 2003
- Notes
- This is a recorded lecture for the Beth Tzedec Sisterhood group.
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Ida Siegel (née Lewis) (1885-1982) was born 14 February 1885 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1894, Ida and her family moved to Toronto. On 14 February 1905, Ida married Isidore Hirsch Siegel. They had six children. An extremely active communal leader, Ida helped found Daughters of Zion in 1899, the Herzl Girls Club in 1904 and Hadassah in 1916. In the mid-1920s, Ida established The Mothers' and Babes' Rest Home,a camp for poor women with young children. She helped organize the first free Jewish dispensary in Toronto which eventually developed into Mount Sinai Hospital. Ida was also very active in womens peace movements, the Toronto Board of Education and the Toronto Bureau (elected to Board, 1930-36) of Jewish Education. In 1917, Ida helped to organize Federation of Jewish Philanthropies which later became the UJA Federation of Greater Toronto.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Source
- Oral Histories