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Louise Tanner Brown

1883–1955

United States

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Louise Tanner Brown (1883 – November 18, 1955) was an American businesswoman from Scranton, Pennsylvania. She took over her husband's transportation company in 1923 after his death and quickly doubled the size of the firm, building a fleet of 14 modern trucks and employing more than 20 workers by 1930.

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