Lita-rose betcherman biography of martin
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"And if not now, when?" Feminism and Anti-Semitism Beyond Clara Brett Martin
In their response to Constance Backhouse, "Clara Brett Martin: Canadian Heroine or Not?", and Lita-Rose Betcherman, "Clara Brett Martin's AntiSemitism"; the authors suggest ways to deepen the analysis of anti-semitism put forward in the articles bygd focusing less on matters of individual prejudice and discrimination, and, in particular, that of Clara Brett Martin, and more on the systemic dimensions of anti-semitism. They argue that interrogating the history and present manifestations of anti-semitism and investigating its more structural and ideological aspects will take us further in understanding the processes which reinforce and reproduce anti-semitism. The authors also consider how the silencing aspect of anti-semitism has limited the extent to which anti-semitism has been acknowledged and addressed within the feminist community. They conclude that we must address this silencing and undertake the dif
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Betcherman, Lita-Rose –
PERSONAL: Born ; married; husband's name Irving. Education: University of Toronto, Ph.D.
ADDRESSES: Home—Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Office—c/o Author Mail, William Morrow & Company, 10 E. 53rd St., 7th FL, New York, NY
CAREER: Labor arbitrator and historian. Former director of the Ontario Women's Bureau; former member of the Ontario Human Rights Commission, and former vice-chair of the Ontario Labour Relations Board.
MEMBER: Writers Union of Canada.
WRITINGS:
The Swastika and the Maple Leaf: Fascist Movements in Canada in the Thirties, Fitzhenry & Whiteside (Toronto, Ontario, Canada),
The Little Band: The Clashes between the Communists and the Political and Legal Establishment in Canada, –, Deneau (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada),
Ernest Lapointe: MacKenzie King's Great Quebec Lieutenant, University of Toronto Press (Toronto, Ontario, Canada),
Court Lady and Country Wife: Two Noble Sisters in Seventeenth-Century England, Will
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LITA-ROSE BETCHERMAN
BETCHERMAN, LITA-ROSE Lita-Rose Betcherman died peacefully, at her home in Toronto on March 9, , two days after her 97th birthday, in the presence of her devoted son, Martin. She is survived by her sons, Michael (Claudette Jaiko), Gordon, and Martin; and her grandchildren, Laura Betcherman (Michael Szpejda), Anthony Gibbs (Scott Starzec), Chandra Gibbs (Patrick Hines), and Stacey Gibbs; and her great-grandchildren, Aben Gibbs-Hawkins, Finn Gibbs-Hines, and Stella Gibbs-Hines. She was predeceased by Irving Betcherman, her husband of 65 years; her daughter, Barbara; and her daughter-in-law, Cheryl Bryce. Born in Montreal in to Joseph and Frances Vineberg, Lita-Rose grew up in Ottawa, where the family owned and ran a downtown department store. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Toronto, an MA from Carleton University, and then a PhD in history from the University of Toronto. While living in Ottawa and raising four children,