Cape Breton Mining Town: Halifax

Ruth Goldboom Dept: Ruth Goldboom was born in New Waterford, the gritty Cape Breton mining town where her family owned a dry-goods store, and she came of age at a time when it was difficult for women to have full-blown careers, according to The Chronicle Herald. No one, it can be argued, more seamlessly spanned the worlds of business, arts and philanthropy than Goldbloom. Although long part of Halifax s social elite, she had an uncanny ability to connect with people of all walks of life and tALK ABOUT A LIFE with an arc to it. All the more impressive then that she just went ahead and fashioned a life that defied categorization and made her one of the exceptional Nova Scotians of her generation. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.