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Hattie Carnegie

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Who

Hattie Carnegie · Economics & Business

What

Fashion designer and businesswoman, founder of the Hattie Carnegie label

When

1880, Vienna, Austria — 1956, New York City, USA

Where

United States / Austria

Founded
Hattie Carnegie1918
Biography

Hattie Carnegie is recognized among Jewish contributors to Economics & Business — Fashion designer and businesswoman, founder of the Hattie Carnegie label

How & why

Hattie Carnegie was born Henrietta Kanengeiser in 1880 in Vienna into a Jewish family and died in 1956 in New York. From 1918 she built the Hattie Carnegie label into a leading American fashion business, influencing a generation of designers. Her Jewish origins are documented under her birth name.

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hattie_Carnegie

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Fashion designer and businesswoman, founder of the Hattie Carnegie label

1918

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hattie_Carnegie