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Louise Whitfield Carnegie (March 7, 1857 – June 24, 1946) was an American philanthropist. She was the wife of Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.
26 de feb. de 2021 · Andrew met Louise Whitfield when he was 45 and she was 23. He was one the most famous bachelors in the US with a value of $20 million ($350 million today) and growing. His merged steel companies would become the largest corporation on earth.
Ms Louise Whitfield was about to say “I do” to one of the richest men in the world in a quiet private wedding ceremony in her family’s home in New York City. She was 30 and her soon-to-be husband was none other than industrialist Andrew Carnegie, 21 years her senior.
The former Louise Whitfield of New York, she had married Mr. Carnegie in 1887–38 years after he came to Pittsburgh from Scotland to work as a bobbin boy in a cotton factory. He had hitched his wagon to the rising stars of iron and steel and was a wealthy but lonely man. Gave Away Half Billion.
- Emily Mace
In 1880, Carnegie, at age 45, began courting Louise Whitfield, age 23. Carnegie's mother was the primary obstacle to the relationship. Nearly 70 years old, Margaret Carnegie had long been ...
20 de ene. de 1997 · Aired January 20, 1997. Andrew Carnegie: The Richest Man in the World. Andrew Carnegie helped build the formidable American steel industry, a process that turned a poor young man into the...
Carnegie, Louise Whitfield (1857–1946) American philanthropist. Name variations: Mrs. Andrew Carnegie. Born Louise Whitfield, Mar 7, 1857, New York, NY; died June 24, 1946, in New York, NY; dau. of John William Whitfield (prosperous NY merchant, died 1878) and Fannie (Davis) Whitfield; attended Miss Haines' School; m.
