Awards
- Co-founder of Newfoundland's first Home and School Association.
- 1955, President of the Regional Council of Home and School Associations.
- 1962, first Citizen of the Year Award given by St. John's
- 1967, one of 11 Canadian women honoured as Women of the Century by the National Council of Jewish Women.
- 1968, appointed Officer of the Order of Canada for her "services to the community in many organizations, particularly those dealing with the care and treatment of retarded children".
- 1970, awarded an honorary LL.D. by Memorial University of Newfoundland.
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