Helena Rubinstein Helena Rubinstein i(A141862 works by)
Born: Established: 25 Dec 1872 Cracow,
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Poland,
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Eastern Europe, Europe, ; Died: Ceased: 1 Apr 1965 New York (City), New York (State),
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United States of America (USA),
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Americas,
Gender: Female
Arrived in Australia: 1896 Departed from Australia: 1908
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Cosmetics entrepreneur and businesswoman, as founder of the eponymous Helena Rubinstein cosmetics company.

Born in Poland, Rubinstein emigrated to Australia in 1896, after refusing an arranged marriage. She spent some time as a bush governess and later as a waitress in Melbourne's Winter Garden tearooms, before opening a salon in fashionable Collins Street.

She left Australia for London in 1908.

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