Feature Article on Ida Goode. Topic:
WOMEN & PEOPLE
Written by Rich Wallace in
September, 1996
IDA HASLUP GOODE LEAVES LEGACY...Pg 2 |
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| After serving as president of
the West Ohio Conference of Women's Home Missionary Society, she became the national
president of the Women's Home Missionary Society in 1926. She was responsible for
directing the merger of the various missionary activities of the Methodist Church into
what became known as the Methodist Women's Society of Christian Service. She continued to serve as national president of this organization until 1947, when she reached 89 years of age. In her career, Goode supervised mission activities throughout the Western Hemisphere, traveling often to Alaska, Hawaii, the West Indies and many other points in between. In recognition of her dedicated service over the years, missionary schools in Puerto Rico, Hawaii, Alaska, Kentucky and several other southern states bear her name. A mountain in Alaska is also named after her. Although she only taught for eight years at Sidney High School, she was so well respected that her former students formed the Ida Goode Association in 1946 in honor of her contributions. The association met on a regular basis for a number of years.She carried her interest in education into her mission work as well, serving as head of the educational board of the Methodist Church throughout the country for many years. Goode taught the value of community service to members of her family as well. Her stepdaughter Frances Goode graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University and promptly volunteered to drive an ambulance for the YMCA in France during World War I. Goode's outstanding record of public service was recognized across the nation. In 1938, at the age of 80, she received she received an honorary doctorate from Ohio Wesleyan. Similar honors were bestowed on her from Bennett College in 1940 and Illinois Wesleyan University in 1942. |
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