[4] After marrying George Auerbach in 1911, she moved to Salt Lake City, where his family owned a department store.

After 27 years as executive, Auerbach sold the business to The May Department Stores Company in 1965, declaring: "One thing you can be certain of is that I won't be spending [the profits from the sale] on yachts and horses, but for the benefit of the people."

Auerbach left the rest of her money to friends and employees, as well as the Koopman and Schiro Funds, which, established by her daughters, supported charitable, educational, and cultural philanthropic efforts.

Auerbach was a labor reform pioneer, instituting the five-day, 40-hour work week, retirement plans and paid sick leave.

"[5][full citation needed] Through her foundation, Auerbach donated to organizations, hospitals, and institutions of higher education, and made contributions to St. Francis, Mt.

This move gained strong support from Secretary of State Chase Going Woodhouse, and was called "the solution to the problem" facing Hartford by Judge Elsner, who presided over this decision.

[6][5][full citation needed] On July 6, 1944, just one month after D-Day, the famous Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus fire occurred in Hartford, causing more than 100 deaths and many serious injuries.

Hearing that there was a shortage of bedding and night clothes, she also sent over a truckload of brand new sheets and pajamas the G Fox price tags still attached.

To gain this degree Auerbach proposed that women take classes in psychology, history, foreign language, economics, and English, focusing on business correspondence.

During their junior year, the women would take part in a service learning at a business in their field to gain real-life experience.

[5][full citation needed] Chase Going Woodhouse, an economics professor at Connecticut College at the time, described Auerbach as having a “forward way of looking at education.”[5][full citation needed] Examples of the classes taken: After graduating, the women who completed the Auerbach Major went on to do great things: seven women ended up in department store work; eight were working for the government, two in Naval intelligence, and one working for the Office of Price Administration, where it was said that her experience through the Auerbach major led them to hire her;[5][full citation needed] one was a travelling instructor for a large business machine company, along with many other accomplishments.

[5][full citation needed] In 1951, the Auerbach foundation supported the Service Bureau for Women’s Organizations Conference at Connecticut College.

[2] The School of Business Administration at the University of Hartford named Auerbach Hall in her honor, the library at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art was renamed the Auerbach Art Library, and a new unit was built under her name at St. Francis Hospital in Hartford, CT.[2] Awards she received included: