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About Eleanor Elkins Widener
Eleanor Elkins Widener née Eleanore Elkins, also known as Eleanor Elkins Widener Rice was an American heiress, socialite, philanthropist, and adventuress. She was the daughter of wealthy businessman William Lukens Elkins and married George Dunton Widener, the son of wealthy businessman Peter Arrell Browne Widener. She survived the 1912 sinking of the RMS Titanic but George and their son, Harry, did not. She renovated St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, as a memorial to George and donated $2 million to Harvard University to build the Widener Library as a memorial to Harry.
Everything about Eleanor Elkins Widener →- Occupation
- heiress
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- September 21, 1861, 1862
- Died
- July 13, 1937