Mary Gindhart Herbert Roebling was an American banker, businesswoman, and philanthropist.
10 Facts About Mary Roebling
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Mary Roebling was the first woman to serve as president of a major US bank.
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Mary Roebling married musician Arthur Herbert in her teens, in 1920, and had a daughter, Elizabeth, in 1921.
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Mary Roebling then worked in Philadelphia at an investment house while taking night classes in business administration and merchandising at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Mary Roebling took his seat on a Trenton Trust Company board.
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Mary Roebling was elected president of the board on January 21,1937, and became the first woman to serve as president of a major American commercial bank.
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Mary Roebling served as either president or chair of the board until 1972 when the bank merged with National State.
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Mary Roebling was made president of the new Army War College Foundation in 1978.
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In 1983, Mary Roebling became the first female member of the Union League of Philadelphia.
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Mary Roebling died on October 25,1994, of renal failure at her home in Trenton, NJ.