Hulda Regina Graser | |
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| Born | June 23, 1870 Montreal, Canada |
| Died | January 14, 1943 (aged 72) Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
| Other names | Hulda Graser Luebbert |
| Occupation | customs house broker |
Hulda Regina Graser (also known as, H. R. Graser;[1] after marriage, Luebbert; June 23, 1870 – January 14, 1943)[2] was a Canadian-born American customs house broker.[3] In her day, she was the only woman in the world who worked in this occupation.[4] In December 1897, a few months after her wedding, the United States Department of the Treasury, in Custom house broker, femme sole (18653.), determined the style of Graser's professional married signature under Coverture law. Graser counted Eleanor Roosevelt as a friend.[5]
- ^ "HULDA REGINA GRASER. Sketch and Portrait of the Only Woman Customs Broker". The Edwardsville Intelligencer. January 23, 1892. p. 3. Retrieved October 9, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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- ^ "State of Ohio Certificate of Death". familysearch.org. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
- ^ Willard, Frances Elizabeth; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice (1893). "GRASER, Miss Hulda Regina". A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life. Charles Wells Moulton. p. 333. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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TheCE-11jul1897was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Langsam, Walter (May 6, 2006). "About the house". The Cincinnati Enquirer. p. 50. Retrieved October 9, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
