Jean Watts

Jean Watts
Alternate name(s): 
Myrtle Eugenia, Lawson
Nickname: 
Jim
Date of birth: 
Friday, 5 March 1909
Marital status: 
married
Ethnicity/Nationality: 
Canadian; English
Profession: 
journalist
Hometown(s): 
Toronto, Ontario
Education: 
University of Toronto, graduated
Political affiliation: 
Young Communist League, 1932; Communist Party of Canada, 1934
Affiliations to union and social groups: 
Theatre of Action; New Theatre Movement; Student League of Canada; Seemed to be affiliated with National Student League in the USA
Approximate date arrived in Spain: 
1937-02-17 arrived
Unit: 
Reporter for the Daily Clarion; Publicist for Blood Transfusion Institute; Ambulance driver; Censor; British Medical Unit Ambulance driver; Mackenzie Papineau Battalion
Final status: 

Survived; Worked with the Committee to Aid Spanish Refugees upon return in 1938; Served in the Canadian Women Army Corps December 1941; Committed suicide in 1968

Other: 
Woman; Involved with the Mac Pap Veterans Association (Toronto)
Sources: 
Liversedge; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry; BC Archives. 545 2 114; R (under Eugene) See “My God, Are They Sending Women Now?”
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