Hope Goddard Iselin
| Hope Goddard Iselin | |
|---|---|
| Born |
January 17, 1868 Providence, Rhode Island[1] |
| Died |
April 1970 Aiken, South Carolina |
| Occupation | Yachtswoman / Racehorse owner |
| Spouse(s) | C. Oliver Iselin |
| Children |
William Goddard Iselin (1903-1909) Edith Hope Iselin Jones |
| Parents |
Colonel William Goodard Mary Edith Jenckes Goddard[2] |
Edith Hope Goddard Iselin (January 17, 1868 – April 1970) was an American heiress and sportswoman who was the first woman to compete as a crew member in the America's Cup yacht race.[3][4] She also owned thoroughbred racehorses.
Hope Goddard was the daughter of Colonel William Goddard of Providence, Rhode Island, a chancellor of Brown University and a scion of a family that had accumulated great wealth from mercantile and manufacturing activities. In 1894, she married Charles Oliver Iselin, a banker and yachtsman.[5] At the time of her marriage, Hope Goddard was one of four prospective heirs to the Goddard family fortune, then estimated to be worth $30 million.[6]
In Aiken, South Carolina, the Iselins maintained a winter residence named "Hopelands" and organized the Aiken Hospital and Relief Society, which built and equipped Aiken's first hospital in 1917. Charles Oliver Iselin died in 1932. On her death in 1970, Hope Iselin bequeathed Hopelands Gardens, where the Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame and Museum is located, to the city of Aiken.[7] There is a bust of Hope Goddard Iselin at Hopeland Gardens that was sculpted by Maria Kirby Smith.[3][8]
References
- ↑ "Edith Hope Goddard (1868-1970)". New York Historical Society.
- ↑ "Portrait Collection: Iselin, William Goddard (1903 - 1909)". Brown University Office of the Curator.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Profile and portrait of Hope Goddard Iselin at the Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame & Museum
- ↑ Time magazine, April 20, 1970
- ↑ "Mrs. Charles Iselin, Turf Figure And Social Leader, Dies at 102". New York Times. April 6, 1970.
- ↑ "Hope Goddard engaged to C.O. Iselin". New York Times. May 6, 1894.
- ↑ "The Iselins: Winter Colonists and Philanthropists". Aiken Regional Medical Centers.
- ↑ Photograph of the Bust of Hope Goddard Iselin at Hopeland Gardens