ID
3553
Nationality
Canadian
Occupation
Seamstress
Government employee
Clerk
Summary
Born deaf from maternal rubella at North Star, AB; entered the Saskatchewan School for the Deaf in 1944, graduating 1956. Worked as a seamstress for the Hudson's Bay Company; married Earl Lehman, also deaf. With the 1961 birth of their first child, dropped out of the labor force for a while. Returned to work for the Alberta provincial government as a clerk for 26 years until retirement.
References
Deaf Women of Canada, p.147.
Dates
4 March 1938-