Hope Goddard Iselin

Infobox Person
name = Hope Goddard Iselin


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birth_date = January 17, 1868
birth_place = New York City, New York
death_date = April, 1970
death_place = Glen Head, New York
occupation = Yachtswoman / Racehorse owner
spouse = C. Oliver Iselin
parents = Colonel William Goodard
children =

Hope Goddard Iselin (17 January 1868- April 1970) was an American sportswoman who was the first woman to compete as a crew member in the America's Cup yacht race. [http://www.aikenracinghalloffame.com/Hope_Goddard_Iselin.html Profile and portrait of Hope Goddard Iselin at the Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame & Museum] ] [ [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,944055,00.html Time magazine, April 20, 1970] ] She also owned thoroughbred racehorses.

Hope Goddard was the daughter of Colonel William Goddard, a Chancellor of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. In 1894, she married C. Oliver Iselin, a banker and sportsman who "Time" magazine said was "probably the most famed yachtsman in the U.S." during the latter part of the 19th Century [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,745152-2,00.html "Time" magazine February 13, 1933] .

Philanthropic work

Hope Iselin and her husband maintained a winter residence in Aiken, South Carolina, where they organized the Aiken Hospital and Relief Society which built and equipped Aiken's first hospital in 1917. On her death, she bequeathed Hopelands Gardens where the Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame and Museum is located. There is a bust of Hope Goddard Iselin at Hopeland Gardens that was sculpted by Maria Kirby Smith. [ [http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM28P0 Photograph of the Bust of Hope Goddard Iselin at Hopeland Gardens] ]

References

* [http://www.americascup.com/en/acclopaedia/boatdestiny/index.php?idIndex=0&idContent=5429 32nd America's Cup]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9502E4DC1630E033A25755C0A9639C94659ED7CF New York Times May 6, 1894 Hope Goddard engagement to Charles Oliver Iselin]

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0410791/bio Biography at IMDB]