![Sonja Bata — Canadian style icon, businesswoman, philanthropist and shoe lover — dead at 91 | National Post Sonja Bata — Canadian style icon, businesswoman, philanthropist and shoe lover — dead at 91 | National Post](https://smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital/nationalpost/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/sonja-bata-4.png?quality=100&strip=all&w=642)
Sonja Bata — Canadian style icon, businesswoman, philanthropist and shoe lover — dead at 91 | National Post
![A really big shoe: Sonja Bata, wife of Thomas Bata of Bata Shoes, holds insulated rubber boot made for an American Army colonel. The size-16 boot is part of the Bata Shoe A really big shoe: Sonja Bata, wife of Thomas Bata of Bata Shoes, holds insulated rubber boot made for an American Army colonel. The size-16 boot is part of the Bata Shoe](https://static.torontopubliclibrary.ca/da/images/LC/tspa_0031188f.jpg)
A really big shoe: Sonja Bata, wife of Thomas Bata of Bata Shoes, holds insulated rubber boot made for an American Army colonel. The size-16 boot is part of the Bata Shoe
![Sonja Bata: Sits on the boards of Bata Ltd., Alcan Aluminum Ltd. and eight non-profit boards. : Digital Archive : Toronto Public Library Sonja Bata: Sits on the boards of Bata Ltd., Alcan Aluminum Ltd. and eight non-profit boards. : Digital Archive : Toronto Public Library](https://static.torontopubliclibrary.ca/da/images/MC/tspa_0031190f.jpg)
Sonja Bata: Sits on the boards of Bata Ltd., Alcan Aluminum Ltd. and eight non-profit boards. : Digital Archive : Toronto Public Library
![Sonja Bata — Canadian style icon, businesswoman, philanthropist and shoe lover — dead at 91 | National Post Sonja Bata — Canadian style icon, businesswoman, philanthropist and shoe lover — dead at 91 | National Post](https://smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital/nationalpost/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/sonja-bata-2.png?quality=100&strip=all&w=642)
Sonja Bata — Canadian style icon, businesswoman, philanthropist and shoe lover — dead at 91 | National Post
![Sonja Bata — Canadian style icon, businesswoman, philanthropist and shoe lover — dead at 91 | National Post Sonja Bata — Canadian style icon, businesswoman, philanthropist and shoe lover — dead at 91 | National Post](https://smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital/nationalpost/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/sonja-bata-3.png?quality=100&strip=all&w=642)
Sonja Bata — Canadian style icon, businesswoman, philanthropist and shoe lover — dead at 91 | National Post
![Former Quinte resident Sonja Bata, founder of Bata Shoe Organization, has passed away at 91 | QNetNews.ca Former Quinte resident Sonja Bata, founder of Bata Shoe Organization, has passed away at 91 | QNetNews.ca](http://www.qnetnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/28238848_10155408616628511_54714922859166135_o.jpg)
Former Quinte resident Sonja Bata, founder of Bata Shoe Organization, has passed away at 91 | QNetNews.ca
![Bata East Tilbury conference delegates outside Cinema Vlasta Schmidt (Doležalová) Thomas Bata Sonja Bata Oct 1948 #batashoes | Bata shoes, Bata, Heritage center Bata East Tilbury conference delegates outside Cinema Vlasta Schmidt (Doležalová) Thomas Bata Sonja Bata Oct 1948 #batashoes | Bata shoes, Bata, Heritage center](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/19/17/56/191756e3ccb9bd925ce0a4f0caf7a35a.jpg)