Andrews, Mildred Gwin, 1903-1984

Mildred Gwin Andrews was executive secretary of the Southern Combed Yarn Spinners Association (SCYSA), 1936-1946; expert consultant on textiles to the U.S. Army Office of Quartermaster General and member of the War Production Board's Committee on Industrial Salvage during World War II; field representative for Dudley, Anderson, and Yutzy, a public relations firm, 1946-1952; and director of public relations, 1952-1955, and executive secretary, 1955-1968, of the American Textile Machinery Association (ATMA).

While associated with the ATMA, Andrews managed the American Textile Machinery Exhibitions-International, 1952-1965. In the mid-1950s, Andrews directed publicity for the Tungsten Institute. Throughout her life, Andrews published books and articles chiefly, but not exclusively, about textiles. After 1970, Andrews ran a public relations firm, Andrewtex, in Charlotte, N.C. She was also a consultant for the first International Trade Mart in Honduras and a lecturer on textile machinery in Asian countries.

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