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The Hon. Erminie Cohen

Formal portrait of woman with brown hair, glasses and tweed jacket

Louis I. Michelson Archives, Saint John Jewish Historical Museum

In 1978, she was appointed to the first New Brunswick Advisory Council on the Status of Women and as a result founded the non-profit organization, Saint John Women for Action, which worked with others to create a shelter for abused women and their children. (2018)