page_title: Helena Rubinstein
section_title: Early life
hierarchical_section_title: Helena Rubinstein / Early life
caption_attribution_description: English: Tenement, 15 Szeroka street, Kazimierz, Krakow, Poland Polski: Kamienica, ul.Szeroka 15, Kazimierz, Kraków
context_page_description: Helena Rubinstein was a Polish-American businesswoman, art collector, and philanthropist. A cosmetics entrepreneur, and was the founder and eponym of Helena Rubinstein Incorporated cosmetics company, which made her one of the world's richest women.
context_section_description: Rubinstein was the eldest of eight daughters born to Polish Jews, Augusta – Gitte (Gitel) Shaindel Rubinstein née Silberfeld and Horace – Naftoli Hertz Rubinstein; who was a shopkeeper in Kraków, Lesser Poland, which became part of Austria-Hungary following the partitions of Poland in the late 18th century. The existentialist philosopher Martin Buber was her cousin. She was also the cousin of Ruth Rappaport's mother.
caption: Helena Rubinstein's birth house (green) in Kraków's Kazimierz district
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