Fonds 10-150 - Leah Erna Beck fonds

Women's Place, Toronto, first anniversary party

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Leah Erna Beck fonds

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CA ON0034 10-150

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  • 1970-1999, predominant 1970-1975 (Creation)

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5.9 cm of textual records
2 photographs

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([1937]-)

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Leah Erna Beck [née Rosenbaum] was born in the former Yugoslavia before escaping to Canada at the outbreak of World War II, in 1939. Leah Erna Beck’s father ran the toy manufacturing company, Pax Manufacturing, in Toronto, Ontario. At seventeen, Leah Erna Beck married Alec Englander and had her first child at nineteen. She earned her bachelors of arts at Ithaca College, New York, before returning to Toronto so that her husband could run the family business.

Beck studied art at the New School of Art and the Ontario College of Art and her media included sculpture, serigraphy, drawing and painting. She adopted her mother’s name, Erna, as a middle name, after separating from her husband in 1973. Leah Erna Beck became a feminist organizer, working at Women’s Place in Toronto and helping found Times Change, Women’s Employment Service, in 1974. She was motivated by her experiences of frustration at women’s limited opportunities, hosting consciousness raising sessions at community venues. Beck was a founding collective member of “WATER: Women Artists Together” and her sculptures, stained glass work and art performances were featured in festivals and venues. Her daughter, Karen Englander received publicity as a young teenage feminist and her daughter, Anrénee, wrote the best-selling work, “Dear Diary, I’m Pregnant.” Leah Erna Beck was featured for her feminist activist work in the long-standing Canadian magazine, “Saturday Night” and she was published in “Velvet Fist.”

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Leah Erna Beck [née Rosenbaum] est née en ex-Yougoslavie avant de s'enfuir au Canada au début de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, en 1939. Le père de Leah Erna Beck dirige l'entreprise de fabrication de jouets Pax Manufacturing à Toronto, en Ontario. À dix-sept ans, Leah Erna Beck épouse Alec Englander et a son premier enfant à dix-neuf ans. Elle obtient une licence en arts à l'Ithaca College, dans l'État de New York, avant de retourner à Toronto pour que son mari puisse diriger l'entreprise familiale.

Beck a étudié l'art à la New School of Art et à l'Ontario College of Art. Elle a pratiqué la sculpture, la sérigraphie, le dessin et la peinture. Après s'être séparée de son mari en 1973, elle a adopté le nom de sa mère, Erna, comme deuxième prénom. Leah Erna Beck est devenue une organisatrice féministe, travaillant au Women's Place de Toronto et participant à la fondation de Times Change, un service d'emploi pour les femmes, en 1974. " Elle a été motivée par ses expériences de frustration face aux opportunités limitées des femmes, en organisant des sessions de sensibilisation dans des lieux communautaires. Beck est un membre fondateur du collectif "WATER : Women Artists Together" et ses sculptures, vitraux et performances artistiques ont été présentés dans des festivals et des lieux d'exposition. Sa fille, Karen Englander, a été présentée comme une jeune adolescente féministe et sa fille, Anrénee, a écrit le best-seller "Dear Diary, I'm Pregnant". Leah Erna Beck a été présentée pour son travail d'activiste féministe dans le magazine canadien de longue date "Saturday Night" et elle a été publiée dans "Velvet Fist".

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Leah Erna Beck [née Rosenbaum] was born in the former Yugoslavia before escaping to Canada at the outbreak of World War II, in 1939. Leah Erna Beck’s father ran the toy manufacturing company, Pax Manufacturing, in Toronto, Ontario. At seventeen, Leah Erna Beck married Alec Englander and had her first child at nineteen. She earned her bachelors of arts at Ithaca College, New York, before returning to Toronto so that her husband could run the family business.

Beck studied art at the New School of Art and the Ontario College of Art and her media included sculpture, serigraphy, drawing and painting. She adopted her mother’s name, Erna, as a middle name, after separating from her husband in 1973. Leah Erna Beck became a feminist organizer, working at Women’s Place in Toronto and helping found Times Change, Women’s Employment Service, in 1974. She was motivated by her experiences of frustrations and women’s limited opportunities, hosting consciousness raising sessions at community venues. Along with her feminist organizing work, Beck was a founding collective member of WATER: Women Artists Together and her sculptures, stained glass work and art performances were featured in festivals and venues. Her daughter, Karen Englander received publicity as a young teenage feminist and her daughter, Anrénee, wrote the best-selling work, “Dear Diary, I’m Pregnant.” Leah Erna Beck was featured for her feminist activist work in the long-standing Canadian magazine, “Saturday Night” and she was published in “Velvet Fist.”
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Leah Erna Beck [née Rosenbaum] est née en ex-Yougoslavie avant de s'enfuir au Canada au début de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, en 1939. Le père de Leah Erna Beck dirige l'entreprise de fabrication de jouets Pax Manufacturing à Toronto, dans l'Ontario. À dix-sept ans, Leah Erna Beck épouse Alec Englander et a son premier enfant à dix-neuf ans. Elle obtient une licence en arts à l'Ithaca College, dans l'État de New York, avant de retourner à Toronto pour que son mari puisse diriger l'entreprise familiale.

Beck a étudié l'art à la New School of Art et à l'Ontario College of Art. Elle a pratiqué la sculpture, la sérigraphie, le dessin et la peinture. Après s'être séparée de son mari en 1973, elle a adopté le nom de sa mère, Erna, comme deuxième prénom. Leah Erna Beck est devenue une organisatrice féministe, travaillant au Women's Place de Toronto et participant à la fondation de Times Change, un service d'emploi pour les femmes, en 1974. Motivée par son expérience des frustrations et des opportunités limitées des femmes, elle organise des séances de sensibilisation dans des lieux communautaires. Parallèlement à son travail d'organisation féministe, Beck est l'un des membres fondateurs du collectif WATER : Women Artists Together. Ses sculptures, ses vitraux et ses performances artistiques ont été présentés dans des festivals et des lieux de rencontre. Sa fille, Karen Englander, a été présentée comme une jeune adolescente féministe et sa fille, Anrénee, a écrit le best-seller "Dear Diary, I'm Pregnant". Leah Erna Beck a été présentée pour son travail d'activiste féministe dans le magazine canadien de longue date "Saturday Night" et elle a été publiée dans "Velvet Fist".

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