Dorothy Dworkin

Dorothy Dworkin (née Goldstick; 1889/1890 – 13 August 1976) was a Canadian nurse, businesswoman and philanthropist. She was the first professionally trained nurse in Toronto's Jewish community and among its most prominent healthcare advocates. She led the fundraising campaign for the city's first Jewish hospital and is considered the matriarch of Mount Sinai Hospital. Through her family travel business, she helped thousands of Eastern European Jews immigrate to Canada and escape the Holocaust. Dworkin worked with many community charities and was a strong supporter of the Jewish trade unions through the city's Labour Lyceum. She was also the publisher and editor of a Yiddish newspaper and produced a Yiddish radio program. In 2009, she was recognized as a Person of National Historic Significance in Canada.

Personal life

Dora "Dorothy" Dworkin was born Dvora Goldstick in Ventspils, (Ventspils is referred to by its historical German name, Windau, in sources.) or 1890. Her parents were Jewish, Wolf "William" and Sara Goldstick, (Sometimes spelled Wolfe and Sarah Goldstick.)