1909
Born on November 28 in Prague, in today's
Czech Republic.

1929–1935
Studies at the Sorbonne in Paris and at Prague University, where she obtains a doctorate in
French literature.

1938–1942
As a journalist opposed to the Nazis, she is forced to
flee to France.

1942
Arrives in Canada as a political refugee.

1945
Creates the Canadian branch of the Unitarian
Service Committee.

1946
Undertakes her first fundraising tour of Canada
for the victims of war in France and Czechoslovakia
and later in Austria, Greece and Italy.

1952
Launches an aid program for South Korea
and Hong Kong.

1955–1980
Launches aid programs in India, Palestine,
Vietnam, Jordan, Bangladesh, Botswana,
Lesotho, Swaziland, Indonesia, Nepal and Cyprus.

1981
Suffering from the onset of Alzheimer’s disease,
she is forced to retire at the age of 71.

1990
Dies on August 1 in Ottawa.