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Bremer, Edith Terry (1885–1964)| US social reformer who pioneered immigrant social service work. In 1910 she gained prominence as founder and leader of the International Institute movement, which worked to improve the lives of female immigrants. |
| She was born in Hamilton, New York, and educated at the University of Chicago. In the 1920s and early 1930s she directed the YWCA Department of Immigration and Foreign Communities and founded the National Institute of Immigrant Welfare in 1933. |
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