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Citizenship: Shoe Factory and Nova Scotia

citizenship: By 14 she was working outside the home full-time in a shoe factory, according to Huffington Post Canada. At 21 she was married, on a ship on her way to Halifax, Nova Scotia. She had left school at 12 years of age to take care of her invalid mother. She didn't know one word of English, but she didn't consider that a hardship. I recall her telling me how diligently she studied for her Canadian Citizenship hearing. She worked hard to learn to read and write. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.