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AudioRosalie Harris 10-April-2007- To Life! A Celebration of Vermont Jewish Women
About this film
Ann Zinn Buffum and Sandra Stillman Gartner, project directors, interviewed Rosalie Harris on April 10, 2007 in St Johnsbury, Vermont as part of DAVARâs oral history project. Rosalie Harris was born in Montreal in 1919 to parents who immigrated from Poland and Romania at the turn of the century. Her mother died when she was seven years old. Their father raised Rosalie and her sister alone. At age nine and ten, the two girls shouldered responsibility as caretakers for their home in Montreal. Rosalie grew up in a diverse neighborhood with children of all religions and backgrounds. She was part of a large group of cousins who observed the Sabbath and Jewish holidays. Her family belonged to Canada's first synagogue, Shearith Israel, also known as the Portuguese and Spanish Synagogue. Both Rosalie and her sister went into the nursing profession and got jobs immediately after graduation at The Jewish General Hospital. Her nursing degree served Rosalie well throughout her life. She worked in Canada, Massachusetts and Vermont in both paid and volunteer health care positions. She met her husband Ben on a group date at a club in Montreal when he was visiting with friends from St. Albans, Ver…
Directors & creators
DAVAR: The Vermont Jewish Women's History Project
Subjects
nurse; Montreal; Caledonia Health Agency; interfaith
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