FRANK W WOOLWORTH 1852 1919 ENTREPRENEUR WOOLWORTH FRANK W 1852 1919 INDUSTRY BUSINESS/COMMERCE ECONOMY AND LABOR FRANK WOOLWORTH FRANK W WOOLWORTH WAS BORN IN RODMAN NEW YORK HE WORKED FIRST AS A FARMWORKER AND THEN IN 1873 BECAME AN ASSISTANT IN A STORE IN 1879 WOOLWORTH OPENED HIS FIRST FIVE CENT STORE IN LANCASTER PENNSYLVANIA HE SOON ADDED TEN CENT GOODS TO THE STORE BEGINNING IN 1905 WOOLWORTH BUILT A LARGE CHAIN OF SUCH STORES WITH HIS BROTHER AND HIS COUSIN WOOLWORTH CONTINUED OPENING NEW STORES UNTIL THE WOOLWORTH FIVE AND TEN CENT STORES BECAME FAMOUS IN MOST LARGE CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH F W WOOLWORTH CONTROLLED OVER 1000 STORES FROM HIS HEADQUARTERS IN THE WOOLWORTH BUILDING IN NEW YORK CITY IN 1910 THE FIRST WOOLWORTH'S STORE OPENED IN BRITAIN BY THE 1960S THERE WERE WOOLWORTH'S IN GERMANY SPAIN CANADA AND MEXICO
