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Mina Bruere

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
An illustration depicting a young white woman with her hair in a bouffant updo, wearing a high starched collar with a striped bow tie
Mina Bruere, from an 1897 newspaper
BornAugust 16, 1865
St. Charles, Missouri
DiedMarch 10, 1937(1937-03-10) (aged 71)
New York City
OccupationBanker
RelativesHenry Bruère (brother)

Early life

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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]

Career

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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]

Personal life

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Bruere died in 1937, at a hospital in New York, after a brief illness.[21]

References

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  1. ^ "Mina M Bruère". FamilySearch. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Display of Women in Banking" (PDF). Linden Bark. November 15, 1938. p. 2. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
  3. ^ "Miss Mina M. Bruere Dies, New York Bank Officer". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 1937-03-11. p. 27. Retrieved 2021-07-27 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Miss Mina Bruere, Banker, Dies Here; Assistant Secretary of the Central Hanover Bank and Trust Company". The New York Times. 1937-03-11. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
  5. ^ Caplan, Sheri J. (2013-06-17). Petticoats and Pinstripes: Portraits of Women in Wall Street's History: Portraits of Women in Wall Street's History. ABC-CLIO. pp. 87–88. ISBN 978-1-4408-0266-9.
  6. ^ "Miss Mina Bruere, Who Manages the Choral Symphony Society". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 1897-11-14. p. 13. Retrieved 2021-07-27 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Simmons, Eleanor Booth (May 20, 1922). "Women Bankers?--Of Course, Why Not?". The Woman Citizen. 6: 9.
  8. ^ "Leaders of the New York Woman's Victory Loan Committee". New-York Tribune. 1919-05-04. p. 57. Retrieved 2021-07-27 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Cammack, Key (November 1, 1923). "Bank Women in Convention". News-bulletin of the Bureau of Vocational Information. 1: 4.
  10. ^ "Woman Banker is Principal Speaker at Dinner Here". Hartford Courant. 1929-05-20. p. 3. Retrieved 2021-07-27 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Women Take High Place in Banking". The Kansas City Times. 1929-10-10. p. 15. Retrieved 2021-07-27 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Association of Bank Women Holds Annual Meeting". Bankers' Magazine. 117: 871. November 19, 1928 – via ProQuest.
  13. ^ Ossian, Lisa L. (2012-01-01). The Depression Dilemmas of Rural Iowa, 1929-1933. University of Missouri Press. p. 23. ISBN 978-0-8262-7268-3.
  14. ^ "Women Bankers Again Are Led by New York Woman". The Kansas City Times. 1928-10-17. p. 12. Retrieved 2021-07-27 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "Blames Democrates on Campaign Bigotry". The New York Times. October 29, 1928. p. 14 – via ProQuest.
  16. ^ "Southerners Laud Smith Acceptance". The New York Times. August 26, 1928. p. 8 – via ProQuest.
  17. ^ "Hail Mme. Curie at 62; Friends Send Gifts, Flowers, and Messages--Youngs Give Dinner". The New York Times. November 8, 1929. p. 25 – via ProQuest.
  18. ^ Beard, Mary Ritter (1991-01-01). A Woman Making History: Mary Ritter Beard Through Her Letters. Yale University Press. pp. 139–141. ISBN 978-0-300-04825-4.
  19. ^ "Women Organize Archives Center". The New York Times. May 31, 1936. p. N7 – via ProQuest.
  20. ^ Hansl, Eva v.B. (March 15, 1936). "Leaders Discuss Women in Finance". The New York Times. p. N9 – via ProQuest.
  21. ^ "Mina Bruere, Bank Official, is Dead; Had Brief Illness". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 1937-03-11. p. 15. Retrieved 2021-07-27 – via Newspapers.com.
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