Sophia Braeunlich

Sophia Braeunlich
"A Woman of the Century"
Born	Sophia Toepken (1854-07-02)July 2, 1854 Bethpage, New York, now known as Old Bethpage, U.S.
Died	August 11, 1898(1898-08-11) (aged 44) New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation	business manager, journalist
Language	English
Nationality	American
Subject	engineering, mining
Spouse	Conrad Robert Braeunlich

Sophia Braeunlich (née, Toepken; July 2, 1854 – August 11, 1898) was an American business manager and journalist. She started her career as an amanuensis at The Engineering and Mining Journal, advancing to positions of exchange news editor and reader. She was elected secretary and treasurer of the Scientific Publishing Company, and served as the establishment's business manager. The Engineering and Mining Journal and the Mineral Industry felt the influence of Braeunlich in devising and adopting the best methods for increasing circulation, obtaining advertisers, improving the quality of the published matter, and systematizing the efficiency of office work.^[1] Braeunlich worked out of an office which had been previously used by Henry Ward Beecher. She was the first American woman elected a fellow of the Imperial Institute of Great Britain, and was a delegate to the international geological congress at St. Petersburg, Russia in 1897. She died in 1898.