American banker
Mina Bruere
Mina Bruere, from an 1897 newspaper
Born August 16, 1865St. Charles, Missouri
Died March 10, 1937(1937-03-10) (aged 71)New York City
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.
Early life
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
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
Bruere died in 1937, at a hospital in New York, after a brief illness.[ 21]
References
^ "Mina M Bruère" . FamilySearch . Retrieved 25 May 2023 .
^ a b "Display of Women in Banking" (PDF) . Linden Bark . November 15, 1938. p. 2. Retrieved July 26, 2021 .
^ "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.
^ "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 .
^ 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 .
^ "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.
^ Simmons, Eleanor Booth (May 20, 1922). "Women Bankers?--Of Course, Why Not?" . The Woman Citizen . 6 : 9.
^ "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.
^ Cammack, Key (November 1, 1923). "Bank Women in Convention" . News-bulletin of the Bureau of Vocational Information . 1 : 4.
^ "Woman Banker is Principal Speaker at Dinner Here" . Hartford Courant . 1929-05-20. p. 3. Retrieved 2021-07-27 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Women Take High Place in Banking" . The Kansas City Times . 1929-10-10. p. 15. Retrieved 2021-07-27 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Association of Bank Women Holds Annual Meeting". Bankers' Magazine . 117 : 871. November 19, 1928 – via ProQuest.
^ 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 .
^ "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.
^ "Blames Democrates on Campaign Bigotry". The New York Times . October 29, 1928. p. 14 – via ProQuest.
^ "Southerners Laud Smith Acceptance". The New York Times . August 26, 1928. p. 8 – via ProQuest.
^ "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.
^ 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 .
^ "Women Organize Archives Center". The New York Times . May 31, 1936. p. N7 – via ProQuest.
^ Hansl, Eva v.B. (March 15, 1936). "Leaders Discuss Women in Finance". The New York Times . p. N9 – via ProQuest.
^ "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.