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Sandra Levine is one of the only Jewish business women remaining in Saint John, along with Joanne Morrison who operated the Morrison Art Gallery for many years and currently runs Morrison Marketing and Bonnie Calp of Jack Calp's Menswear which closed its doors in 200328
Joanne Morrison ran a successful art gallery for a number of years.1960
Saint John, New Brunswick
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Ruth Isaacs worked as a librarian in New York1920
unknown
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Before the 1950s, it was less common for a girl to leave the city in search of work - most who did leave did so as a result of marriage. As well, it was the sons of the family who were more often the first to go to university. An example of a woman, who did leave to attend university is Ruth Isaacs, daughter of Millie Isaacs. Ruth left Saint John in 1930 to attend university, taking a post-graduate course in library science in New York, where she lived and worked for many years.31
Anne Selby is shown in her office at the Stratford Festival in Stratford, Ontario in 197716 June 1977
Stratford, Ontario
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As mentioned above, the opening of opportunities for women during the 1950s and 1960s gave Jewish women choices that their mothers did not have. Often these choices took them away from the city and more never returned, establishing their lives elsewhere. An example of this generation is Anne Selby, daughter of Rachel Selby. Anne left the city to attend university in 1952. After working for eleven years in public relations for Bell Canada she became director of communications for the Stratford Festival until her premature death in 1986.33
A memorial concert was held in honour of Anne Selby in 1986 at Stratford, Ontario1986
Stratford, Ontario
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Inside of program for memorial concert held in memory of Anne Selby1986
Stratford, Ontario
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Lillian Meltzer Goldstein shown in nursing practice1945
Saint John, New Brunswick
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Along with teaching and dietetics, nursing was one of the standard professions which women could enter before the social changes of the 1950s and 1960s allowed them access to a wider range of occupations.37
Lillian Meltzer is shown with her friend Barry Phillips after completing their nursing exams in 19401940
Moncton, New Brunswick
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Bernetta Fransblow Guss, R.N.1946
Saint John, New Brunswick
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That is not to say that Jewish women did not choose to enter the professions as a number of Jewish women became nurses, working the wards of the old Saint John General Hospital system, St. Joseph's Hospital and in private practice.40
Dolores Bloom, R.N.1945
Saint John, New Brunswick
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