Mrs. Westinghouse’s Gift

George Westinghouse was know as an inventor around the world, but his wife Marguerite had earned her own reputation as a society hostess both in Pittsburgh and other places the couple maintained homes.

Marguerite Westinghouse was also given to unique gestures of compassion and charity, as revealed in these two short items that appeared in The New York Times.

The first ran on Page One of the December 31, 1909 issue.

People far and wide quckly took note of Marguerite’s gift to Pittsburg (sic) horses, as this follow-up item reported a month later on January 28, 1910, also on one Page One.

There’s no indication of Westinghouse Horseshoes ever became a thing.

(It’s worth noting that Marguerite’s gift came at a time when her husband’s business interests were under duress as he was being forced out of one company he had founded, Westinghouse Electric.)