A well-known business leader who became president of G. Fox & Co.

Beatrice Fox Auerbach initiated a series of programmatic innovations in her management of Hartford's leading department store, resulting in increased sales volume and significantly improved working conditions for the more than 3,000 employees. Among her most important reforms were sick-pay and retirement benefits. She instituted the five-day, forty-hour week and fair employment practices. Hers was the first major retail store to hire blacks in meaningful jobs.

Also known as a "quiet philanthropist," her name is inscribed in the halls of the University of Hartford, Trinity College, Connecticut College and Hartford College for Women. Beatrice Fox Auerbach received honorary degrees from the University of Hartford, St. Joseph's College, Trinity College and Wesleyan University.

In 1947, her fellow retailers honored her as Connecticut's most outstanding merchant with the TOBE award. In 1962, The Connecticut Bar Association cited her for public service and for sharing her "thoughts," her "consideration," and her "heart" as well as providing financial support to this community. Mrs. Auerbach remained active in public service until her death in 1968.