Beatrice Fox Auerbach

Beatrice Fox Auerbach (1887–1968) was a Jewish philanthropist, president and director of G. Fox & Co. from 1938 to 1959.

Beatrice Fox was born on July 17, 1887 in Hartford, Connecticut. She married George Auerbach in 1911 and had two children, Georgette Fox (b. 1916) and Dorothy Brooks (b. 1919).^[1] Her husband died in 1927. Upon her father's death in 1938, she took over the Hartford, Connecticut-based G. Fox & Co. Under her stewardship, it became the largest department store in New England. She made her store available to the Connecticut College for Women as a training program for retail education.^[2] In 1945 she established the Service Bureau for Women's Organizations. She was on the board of Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati. She sold the business to the May Company in 1965.^[1]

Auerbach died in Hartford on November 29, 1968.^[1] She was inducted into the Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame in 1994.

References

1 2 3 Wheeler, Sandra (1 March 2009). "Beatrice Fox Auerbach". Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia.
↑ Hyman, Paula E.; Moore, Deborah Dash (1997). Jewish Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia, Vol. 1: A-L. Routledge. pp. 99, 100. ISBN 978-0-415-91934-0.

Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame

1990–1999

1994	Akeley, Mary JobeMary Jobe Akeley Albers, AnniAnni Albers Anderson, MarianMarian Anderson Auerbach, Beatrice FoxBeatrice Fox Auerbach Baker, Emma FieldingEmma Fielding Baker Batchelder, Evelyn LongmanEvelyn Longman Batchelder Beecher, CatharineCatharine Beecher Cohen, JodyJody Cohen Crandall, PrudencePrudence Crandall Day, Katharine SeymourKatharine Seymour Day Fielding, Fidelia HoscottFidelia Hoscott Fielding Gilman, Charlotte PerkinsCharlotte Perkins Gilman Goodwin, DorothyDorothy Goodwin Grasso, Ella TambussiElla Tambussi Grasso Griswold, EstelleEstelle Griswold Hall, MaryMary Hall Hamilton, AliceAlice Hamilton Hepburn, KatharineKatharine Hepburn Hepburn, Katharine Martha HoughtonKatharine Martha Houghton Hepburn Hooker, Isabella BeecherIsabella Beecher Hooker Jones, Emeline RobertsEmeline Roberts Jones Kennelly, BarbaraBarbara Kennelly Luce, Clare BootheClare Boothe Luce Milton, Rachel TaylorRachel Taylor Milton Paul, AliceAlice Paul Peters, Ellen AshEllen Ash Peters Petry, AnnAnn Petry Porter, SarahSarah Porter Riddle, Theodate PopeTheodate Pope Riddle Rosario, Edna NegronEdna Negron Rosario Rudkin, Margaret FogartyMargaret Fogarty Rudkin Saint James, SusanSusan Saint James Sigourney, Lydia HuntleyLydia Huntley Sigourney Smith, Virginia ThrallVirginia Thrall Smith Smiths of Glastonbury, TheThe Smiths of Glastonbury Standish, Hilda CrosbyHilda Crosby Standish Stowe, Harriet BeecherHarriet Beecher Stowe Tantaquidgeon, GladysGladys Tantaquidgeon Tianti, BettyBetty Tianti Watson, Hannah BunceHannah Bunce Watson Woodhouse, Chase GoingChase Going Woodhouse

1995	Feeney, Helen M.Helen M. Feeney Hewins, Caroline MariaCaroline Maria Hewins Lopiano, DonnaDonna Lopiano Sanchez, Maria C.Maria C. Sanchez

1996	Gaines, Edythe J.Edythe J. Gaines L'Engle, MadeleineMadeleine L'Engle Langer, SusanneSusanne Langer

1997	Colt, Elizabeth Hart JarvisElizabeth Hart Jarvis Colt Dillard, AnnieAnnie Dillard Rose, MargoMargo Rose Waring, Laura WheelerLaura Wheeler Waring

1998	Hoffleit, DorritDorrit Hoffleit Motley, Constance BakerConstance Baker Motley Ponselle, RosaRosa Ponselle

1999	Hamilton-Merritt, JaneJane Hamilton-Merritt Tucker, SophieSophie Tucker Uccello, AntoninaAntonina Uccello Wald, FlorenceFlorence Wald

2000–2009

2000	Barringer, Emily DunningEmily Dunning Barringer Baughns-Wallace, AdrianneAdrianne Baughns-Wallace Jenson, Mary GoodrichMary Goodrich Jenson

2001	Nyro, LauraLaura Nyro Roraback, CatherineCatherine Roraback Stewart, Maria MillerMaria Miller Stewart

2002	Griswold, FlorenceFlorence Griswold Kraus, EileenEileen Kraus Winter, Miriam ThereseMiriam Therese Winter

2003	Hillyer, Dotha BushnellDotha Bushnell Hillyer McLean, DollieDollie McLean

2005	Coolidge, MarthaMartha Coolidge Frankenthaler, Helen M.Helen M. Frankenthaler Russell, RosalindRosalind Russell

2006	Keller, HelenHelen Keller Seymour, Mary TownsendMary Townsend Seymour Stanback, AnneAnne Stanback

2007	Hammill, DorothyDorothy Hammill Joyce, JoanJoan Joyce Vare, Glenna CollettGlenna Collett Vare

2008	Cobb, Jewel PlummerJewel Plummer Cobb Goldman-Rakic, PatriciaPatricia Goldman-Rakic McClintock, BarbaraBarbara McClintock Steitz, JoanJoan Steitz

2009	Franklin, Martha MinervaMartha Minerva Franklin Mazure, Carolyn M.Carolyn M. Mazure Smits, Helen L.Helen L. Smits

2010–present

2010	Mulcahy, Anne M.Anne M. Mulcahy Parsons, MarthaMartha Parsons Wilderotter, MaggieMaggie Wilderotter

2011	Kelley, Isabelle M.Isabelle M. Kelley Nappier, Denise LynnDenise Lynn Nappier Wald, Patricia M.Patricia M. Wald

2012	Garrels, AnneAnne Garrels Leibovitz, AnnieAnnie Leibovitz Middleton, FaithFaith Middleton

2013	Rosa DeLauro Barbara Franklin Linda Lorimer Augusta Lewis Troup

2014	Beatrix Farrand Jennifer Lawton Marian Salzman

2015	Margaret Bourke-White Carolyn Miles Indra Nooyi

2016	Rebecca Lobo Jane Pauley Joyce Yerwood

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