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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. 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 foundation was established by her father in 1911. From 1973 until her death in 1990, she was an honorary lifetime trustee.
Apr 21, 1990 · Margaret Carnegie Miller, the only child of Andrew Carnegie, the steel manufacturer and philanthropist, died on April 11 at her home in Fairfield, Conn. She was 93 years old.
May 7, 2019 · In 1927, financed by a gift from Margaret’s mother, Louise Whitfield Carnegie, Miller had a 22-room stone and wood mansion built on the estate in the style of Skibo Castle. It was named Migdale ...
Carnegie said that Margaret was ‘the most unpleasant woman she had met in her life!’ However, when Louise gave birth to the couple’s only child, a daughter, she was named Margaret in honour of Andrew’s much-loved and revered mother. Andrew Carnegie’s mother was an exceptional woman; thrifty and practical, well-read and intelligent. Her high standards, drive and unstinting support undoubtedly had a
Jul 8, 2014 · It was the height of the Gilded Age in 1889, and Andrew Carnegie, a pioneer in the steel industry, laid out why he would be donating the bulk of his wealth to causes and not to his family members.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Carnegie (Louise Whitfield Carnegie) and Margaret Carnegie, Chicago, Illinois. Chicago Daily News, 1910. Courtesy: The Library of Congress Many influences carved Carnegie's ...
Nov 28, 1996 · Mr. Miller married this year on April 22 -- the same date, by no coincidence, that Mr. Carnegie and Louise Whitfield married, and the same day that Mr. Miller's grandmother, Margaret Carnegie, and ...
Apr 11, 1990 · 'Margaret Carnegie Miller, the only child of Andrew Carnegie, the steel manufacturer and philanthropist, died on April 11 at her home in Fairfield, Conn. She was 93 years old. From 1934 to 1973 she was a trustee of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the grant-making foundation established by her father in 1911. From 1973 until her death she was an honorary lifetime trustee.
Miller, Margaret Carnegie, 1897-1990 (Interviewee) Title Interview with Margaret Carnegie Miller; Margaret Carnegie Miller 058289 Collection Name Carnegie Corporation of New York Records Archival Context Series XI. Audio Visual Materials. XI.B. Andrew Carnegie. Box no. 1 Format sound recordings Genre Interviews Origin Information 1980 Note ...
Born-Died: 1921 - Location: Coatesville, Pennsylvania. Site/Company: Lukens Steel Co. Historical Significance: With the men off fighting during WWII, Lukens women were given new opportunities to prove themselves, and by early 1944, Margaret Miller was the inaugural operator of the crane in the US Navy’s newly built 120” mill and the “only girl operator” of the giant 100-ton mill crane.
