- Hattie Carnegie was a fashion entrepreneur based in New York City from the 1920s to the 1960s
| When did Hattie Carnegie die? / Died | 22 February 1956 |
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Hattie Carnegie facts
- She was born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary as Henrietta Kanengeiser
- By her early 20s, Hattie had taken the surname Carnegie as an homage to Andrew Carnegie, the richest man in the United States at the time
- Born into poverty, Carnegie was the second of seven children born to Hannah (née Kraenzer) and Issac Kanengeiser
- When Hattie was a young girl, the family emigrated to the United States, settling on the Lower East Side of Manhattan
- She attended public school until her father died in 1902
- In order to help support her family, Carnegie took a job as a messenger at Macy's at age thirteen
- At age fifteen, she modeled and trimmed hats at a millinery manufacturer
- In 1909, Carnegie launched a hat making business with Rose Roth
- Roth was a dressmaker and Carnegie designed hats
- By 1919, Roth had left the business and Carnegie was the sole proprietor of Hattie Carnegie, Inc
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