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BIO OF ANITA BLOOM ORNOFF:
Anita Bloom was born in Patterson, NJ on May 30, 1921 and grew up in Suffern, NY. Her mother and
father owned a children's clothing store during her early years, which allowed her the freedom to get into mischief
along with her "adopted" brother, Joey. Teenage years were spent competing with boys in tennis and swimming, but her
greatest love was dancing. At age 21, a dramatic event forever changed her life.
In 1970 she graduated from Loyola College in Baltimore, MD with a degree in Psychology and went on to become a mental
health technician. It was during those working years that she came to meet so many people who learned of my ordeal in
the Women's Auxiliary Army Corp (WAAC). They prevailed upon her to write her story for others to be inspired fby her
courage and ability to survive. Thus was born Beyond Dancing: A Veteran's Struggle - A Woman's Triumph.
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ABOUT THE BOOK
It was 1943, less than a year since the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC) had been formed when one day an elegant-looking
woman in a WAAC uniform entered the store where Anita was working. Anita Bloom at the age of twenty- one immediately enlisted
in the Army. From a cut on her finger to becoming paralyzed from the waist down Anita had a story to tell of a woman with
courage and strength. She was denied her veteran's benefits but fought the US Government for nine years to recognize her as
a service-injured soldier. Her book, "Beyond Dancing" is a compellng/inspirational story of her rehabilitation. One person
who read the book said that "it has plenty of action, drama, romance, sex, and is an inspiring story line about a plunky New
York Jewish girl paralyzed in the service of her country, who goes on to live life to the fullest wile helping women veterans
to secure long-denied veterans'benefits.
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