Meet Louise Whitfield and discover how she married the richest man in the world. Find out about he meeting with Andrew Carnegie, their tangled route to marriage via secret engagements, parental controls/caring, their time together, Andrew's bad decisions, his growing philanthropy, Louise's role in it and her control of it after Andrew dies. Their philanthropy was integral to the Carnegie libraries in Shipley, Keighley, Ilkley and across the UK. It's been performed in front of Carnegie/Whitfield descendants, for whom it was the first-ever piece they'd seen about Louise. ' It was fantastic to see our great-grandmother recognised in this way' 'How wonderful to hear Louise's journey and this tribute to her skills. But heartbreaking at the same time' Louise Whitfield runs for 45 minutes, with time afterwards for Q&A There is no interval. Irene is a writer, performer and cultural historian who specialises in bringing hidden histories of the past into the present. She leads walks, talks and tours; is a writer in residence with literary charities/schools; is commissioned to create online learning content by universities, Historic England and learning organisations.