Mina Bruere Explained

Mina Bruere
Birth Date:August 16, 1865
Birth Place:St. Charles, Missouri
Death Place: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.[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]

Notes and References

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

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