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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.

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A memorial concert was held in honour of Anne Selby in 1986 at Stratford, Ontario
1986
Stratford, Ontario

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Inside of program for memorial concert held in memory of Anne Selby
1986
Stratford, Ontario

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Lillian Meltzer Goldstein shown in nursing practice
1945
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.

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Lillian Meltzer is shown with her friend Barry Phillips after completing their nursing exams in 1940
1940
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.

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Dolores Bloom, R.N.
1945
Saint John, New Brunswick

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Though some women worked as nurses only until their marriage, many continued to practice their profession their entire lives.

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Doreen Kanter decorates her room in the nursing school residence
1950
Saint John, New Brunswick

43

Gladys Wiezel
1920
Saint John, New Brunswick

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The calibre of the cuisine of community events and the very existence of the 35 year old "new kitchen" in the Synagogue has been due in part to the input of dieticians among the women of the community.

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Annette Goldman worked as a dietician
1960
Saint John, New Brunswick