Série 4 - Montreal Standard Photographs

Mabel “Mae” Heaps (1913-2008) was a journalist from Montreal. She was the daughter of Samuel Boulkind and Fanny Fish, born in Montreal. She attended McGill University where she completed a Bachelor of Arts in 1934 and a Master of Arts in 1938. She married David Heaps in 1948 and moved to the United States for David’s work. They had at least 3 sons, Jonathan, Alan, and Danny.

During the war years especially Mae and her sister Gwen wrote for the Montreal Star family of newspapers under the pseudonym "Boulkind." Their stories were social in nature and covered diverse topics from codebreaking in the RAF, spas for women in the Montreal area, to the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union strike of 1937.

Gwendolyn “Gwen” Heurtevant (1916-2015) was a journalist and editor born in Montreal. She was the daughter of Samuel Boulkind and Fanny Fish. She completed a degree in English Literature at the University of Montreal in 1935 and worked for the Daily News, as well as the North American Newspaper Alliance.

During the war years Gwen and her sister Mae wrote for the Montreal Star family of newspapers under the pseudonym "Boulkind." Their stories were social in nature and covered diverse topics from codebreaking in the RAF, spas for women in the Montreal area, to the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union strike of 1937.

After marrying Francis Heurtevant, they lived in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Paris, France with their two sons, Michael and Marc André.