Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Baine, Shirley
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
- Gertzbein, Shirley
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1905-2005
History
Shirley (Gertzbein) Baine (1910-2005) was born in Lithuania in 1910. She came to Toronto to live with her extended family during the 1930s. She later married Arthur Baine, a widower who had two children. Together, they had three additional children of their own.
Soon after her arrival in Canada, Shirley Baine became very involved in the Mizrachi organization. She was first a member of the Bruria Girls, during the late 1930s, and then joined the Etzion women's chapter later in her life. The role of both groups was to raise funds and provide support for Palestine (and later Israel). In 1972, she was honoured by this chapter with an inscription of her name into their Golden Book. She died in Toronto in 2005.