Madeline Ives Goddard lived what might be considered a "double life." On one hand, she was born into an illustrious Rhode Island family and ultimately married a French aristocrat, living much of her life in a chateau in France. In her other life, however, she was a nurse trained at Rhode Island Hospital and stationed at various military installations during the Spanish-American War and World War I. Madeline Goddard, how became the Marquise D'Andigne, set up a Red Cross-like organization in France, and subsequently received many medals for her contributions to nursing.
The experience proved critical to her later philanthropy. Already ill with cancer, Madeline Goddard returned home to Rhode Island, and died in 1931. In her will, she left $100,000 to The Rhode Island Foundation - to that point the largest donation ever made to the Foundation - as a "field of interest" fund for "the relief of incurables."
The experience proved critical to her later philanthropy. Already ill with cancer, Madeline Goddard returned home to Rhode Island, and died in 1931. In her will, she left $100,000 to The Rhode Island Foundation - to that point the largest donation ever made to the Foundation - as a "field of interest" fund for "the relief of incurables."
Madeline Ives Goddard lived what might be considered a "double life." On one hand, she was born into an illustrious Rhode Island family and ultimately married a French aristocrat, living much of her life in a chateau in France. In her other life, however, she was a nurse trained at Rhode Island Hospital and stationed at various military installations during the Spanish-American War and World War I. Madeline Goddard, how became the Marquise D'Andigne, set up a Red Cross-like organization in France, and subsequently received many medals for her contributions to nursing.
The experience proved critical to her later philanthropy. Already ill with cancer, Madeline Goddard returned home to Rhode Island, and died in 1931. In her will, she left $100,000 to The Rhode Island Foundation - to that point the largest donation ever made to the Foundation - as a "field of interest" fund for "the relief of incurables."
The experience proved critical to her later philanthropy. Already ill with cancer, Madeline Goddard returned home to Rhode Island, and died in 1931. In her will, she left $100,000 to The Rhode Island Foundation - to that point the largest donation ever made to the Foundation - as a "field of interest" fund for "the relief of incurables."
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