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

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
  1. "Mina M Bruère". FamilySearch. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  2. "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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