Baur, Bertha Duppler
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1870 - 1967
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Bertha Duppler Baur diaries and appointment books
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Baur
Abstract
Diaries (partly in shorthand) and appointment books of Bertha Duppler Baur, Chicago businesswoman, suffragette, lawyer, and politician. Business school and law school graduate, Bertha Duppler came to Chicago at age 17 as a stenographer and wielded considerable political power as the personal secretary to three postmasters. In 1909 she married millionaire Jacob Baur, founder of the Liquid Carbonic Corporation, and was actively involved in the management of the company after his 1912 death....
Dates:
1898-1939