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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. Feb. 2021 · Andrew Carnegie’s most trusted confidant was his wife, Louise. “I can’t imagine myself without Lou’s guardianship,” he often said. He didn’t make one decision without first asking “Lou’s” opinion. In her quiet manner, she helped oversee one of the largest fortunes in US history, changing philanthropy forever. But it didn’t ...
Andrew Carnegie with his wife Louise Whitfield Carnegie and their daughter Margaret Carnegie Miller in 1910. Carnegie did not want to marry during his mother's lifetime, instead choosing to take care of her in her illness towards the end of her life.
Wife of Andrew Carnegie and Board Member of the Carnegie Corporation of New York. A member of the Oratorio Society of New York and a good friend of Walter Damrosch, Louise Carnegie became a driving force behind the realization of Carnegie Hall after her marriage to Andrew .
1.8k. It was 8 o’clock on the evening of April 22, 1887. 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.
Margaret Carnegie Miller (March 30, 1897 – April 11, 1990) was the only child of industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie and Louise Whitfield, and heiress to the Carnegie fortune. [1] [2] A native of Manhattan, New York City, from 1934 to 1973, Miller was a trustee of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, a grant-making foundation.
The wife of the richest man in the world, Andrew Carnegie, owner of the Carnegie Steel Corporation, enthusiastically advised her husband to stop making money and to start giving away his fortune by helping communities in America and beyond to build free public libraries.
