People who shopped or worked at G. Fox and Company in Hartford, Connecticut, from the 1930s to the 1960s have fond memories of Beatrice Fox Auerbach and her department store. Auerbach, who became president of G. Fox and Company after her father died, was a talented executive, and the company became the largest privately owned department store in the country.

Jewish women played a disproportionate role in the development of American consumer culture in the twentieth century. Throughout the century, American Jewish women embraced the modern corporation and have stood among the nation’s most significant entrepreneurs and executives.