Career
Though she had earlier envisioned herself to become a great architect, she set her designs on improving the Shoe company. Also in the 1940s, she began collecting shoes and studying their history. In 1979, she endowed the Shoe Museum Foundation.
The Shoe Museum, established in 1995, is the world"s largest shoe museum, and the core collection is attributed to
She is the museum"s chairperson. was also the chair of the National Design Council (1970s). She helped establish the Toronto French School, served as director the Art Gallery of Ontario, sat on the boards of Alcan and Canada Trustco, affiliated with the World Wildlife Fund, and became the Honorary Captain of HMCS Ottawa.
