Acknowledgements

There are many people who supported the research and writing of this biography, and I’d like to thank and acknowledge them.

First, I’d like to acknowledge the people who read early and later drafts of the biography and provided excellent feedback, which helped shape the final manuscript: Sophie Bissonnette, Margot Huycke, Melanie Leavitt, and Judith Roback.

The archival research staff at the Jewish Public Library in Montreal – Eddie Paul, Maya Pasternak, and Sam Pappas – provided me with expert guidance on how to navigate the wide variety of material about Auntie Léa’s life and activism housed there. After collecting and scanning the material I wanted to use in the biography, my research team – Noah Lee, Jesse Scott, Mia Jakobsen, and Anya Shen – supported the organization, translation and transcription of some of the material.

I also want to acknowledge and thank publisher David Parker and series editor Anna Hayward at Lived Places Publishing for their support in completing the final draft of the biography. As the book went into production, the Lived Places Publishing team worked with me to ensure that the book was polished and error-free.

Finally, of course, I want to acknowledge and thank my great-aunt Léa for spending her entire life fighting for workers’ and women’s rights and leaving behind a better world for us to inherit. It’s our turn now to continue the fight and leave behind a better world for the generations to come.