Philanthropist. She was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania the daughter of the coke and steel magnate Henry Clay Frick and attended the Spence School there. She never married and, upon her father's death in 1919 she inherited $38 million, becoming the richest single woman in the U.S. She was a lifelong art collector and established the University of Pittsburgh Henry Clay Frick Fine Arts Department in 1928 and maintained the Frick Collection in New York. In 1965 she created the Frick Fine Arts Building to house the fine arts at Pitt, but a dispute eventually ended the relationship. Her philanthropy included a vacation home for young female textile workers; two wildlife preserves; a public wilderness park, Frick Park; Clayton and West Overton. She also donated the land for the Cathedral of Learning. She died at her Clayton home in Pittsburgh.
Philanthropist. She was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania the daughter of the coke and steel magnate Henry Clay Frick and attended the Spence School there. She never married and, upon her father's death in 1919 she inherited $38 million, becoming the richest single woman in the U.S. She was a lifelong art collector and established the University of Pittsburgh Henry Clay Frick Fine Arts Department in 1928 and maintained the Frick Collection in New York. In 1965 she created the Frick Fine Arts Building to house the fine arts at Pitt, but a dispute eventually ended the relationship. Her philanthropy included a vacation home for young female textile workers; two wildlife preserves; a public wilderness park, Frick Park; Clayton and West Overton. She also donated the land for the Cathedral of Learning. She died at her Clayton home in Pittsburgh.
