Mina Bruere | |
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![]() Mina Bruere, from an 1897 newspaper | |
Born | August 16, 1865 St. Charles, Missouri |
Died | March 10, 1937 New York City | (aged 71)
Occupation | Banker |
Relatives | Henry Bruère (brother) |
Mina Marie Bruere (August 16, 1865 [1] – March 10, 1937) was an American banker, president of the National Association of Bank Women from 1928 to 1930.
Mina Bruere was born in St. Charles, Missouri, [2] the daughter of John Enrst Bruere and Cornelia Solomea Schoeneich Bruere. Her father was a surgeon in the Missouri State Militia during the American Civil War. [3] One of her brothers was Henry Bruère, president of Bowery Savings Bank; another brother, Robert, was a journalist who covered the labor movement. [4]
Bruere was a singer and a charity worker as a young woman. [5] She managed the Choral Symphony Society in St. Louis in 1897. [6] She became secretary to Frank A. Vanderlip, president of National City Bank. [7] During World War I, she was a leader of the New York Woman's Victory Loan Committee. [8]
In 1922, she became assistant secretary of Central Hanover Bank and Trust, [9] and head of the bank's women's department. [10] She was one of the founders of the National Association of Bank Women, [11] and president of the association from 1928 [12] to 1930. [2] [13] "The day has gone past when sex was a factor in business or the professions," she explained in a 1928 interview. "The important thing to keep in mind, first, last, and always, is that a thorough grounding in financial principles and operation is absolutely essential to progress in the banking field, and that applies whether it is a man or a woman who is concerned." [14]
Bruere was involved in political and feminist projects. In 1928 she campaigned for Al Smith when he ran for President as the Democratic candidate. [15] [16] In 1929, she met with Marie Curie on Curie's 62nd birthday in New York. [17] In 1935, she worked with Lena Madesin Phillips, Inez Haynes Irwin, and Mary Ritter Beard on creating the World Center for Women's Archives. [18] [19] She discussed "Women in Finance" with Harriot Stanton Blatch at a 1936 event held at the Women's University Club. [20]
Bruere died in 1937, at a hospital in New York, after a brief illness. [21]
Mina Bruere | |
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![]() Mina Bruere, from an 1897 newspaper | |
Born | August 16, 1865 St. Charles, Missouri |
Died | March 10, 1937 New York City | (aged 71)
Occupation | Banker |
Relatives | Henry Bruère (brother) |
Mina Marie Bruere (August 16, 1865 [1] – March 10, 1937) was an American banker, president of the National Association of Bank Women from 1928 to 1930.
Mina Bruere was born in St. Charles, Missouri, [2] the daughter of John Enrst Bruere and Cornelia Solomea Schoeneich Bruere. Her father was a surgeon in the Missouri State Militia during the American Civil War. [3] One of her brothers was Henry Bruère, president of Bowery Savings Bank; another brother, Robert, was a journalist who covered the labor movement. [4]
Bruere was a singer and a charity worker as a young woman. [5] She managed the Choral Symphony Society in St. Louis in 1897. [6] She became secretary to Frank A. Vanderlip, president of National City Bank. [7] During World War I, she was a leader of the New York Woman's Victory Loan Committee. [8]
In 1922, she became assistant secretary of Central Hanover Bank and Trust, [9] and head of the bank's women's department. [10] She was one of the founders of the National Association of Bank Women, [11] and president of the association from 1928 [12] to 1930. [2] [13] "The day has gone past when sex was a factor in business or the professions," she explained in a 1928 interview. "The important thing to keep in mind, first, last, and always, is that a thorough grounding in financial principles and operation is absolutely essential to progress in the banking field, and that applies whether it is a man or a woman who is concerned." [14]
Bruere was involved in political and feminist projects. In 1928 she campaigned for Al Smith when he ran for President as the Democratic candidate. [15] [16] In 1929, she met with Marie Curie on Curie's 62nd birthday in New York. [17] In 1935, she worked with Lena Madesin Phillips, Inez Haynes Irwin, and Mary Ritter Beard on creating the World Center for Women's Archives. [18] [19] She discussed "Women in Finance" with Harriot Stanton Blatch at a 1936 event held at the Women's University Club. [20]
Bruere died in 1937, at a hospital in New York, after a brief illness. [21]