Mistress Jean R. Goodman

Background

Goodman, Mistress Jean R. was born on February 2, 1870 in Wayne County, Indiana, United States. Daughter of William and Esther (Starbuck) Strawbridge.

Education

Graduate South Division High School, Chicago, Illinois, 1886. Student of University of Chicago, 1893-1894.

Career

Member of board of managers Woman’s Baptist Foreign Mission Society of West, 1900-1914. Member board of managers Woman’s American Baptist Foreign Mission Society, 1914-1924, president, 1924-1933. Attended Baptist World Alliance, Stockholm, Sweden, 1923, Jerusalem Conference, 1928.

Has visited mission field in Japan, China, Philippine Islands, Burma, India, Egypt and the Holy Land, 1926, Africa, from Belgian Congo to Cape Town (2000 miles by airplane), 1928.

Home: Chicago, Illinois.

Achievements

• Mistress Jean R. Goodman has been listed as a noteworthy religious organization administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of board of managers Woman’s Baptist Foreign Mission Society of West, 1900-1914. Member board of managers Woman’s American Baptist Foreign Mission Society, 1914-1924, president, 1924-1933. Attended Baptist World Alliance, Stockholm, Sweden, 1923, Jerusalem Conference, 1928.

Has visited mission field in Japan, China, Philippine Islands, Burma, India, Egypt and the Holy Land, 1926, Africa, from Belgian Congo to Cape Town (2000 miles by airplane), 1928.

Connections

Married Herbert East. Goodman, October 3, 1893 (deceased). Children: William East., Howard, Grace.

Father:

William Strawbridge

Mother:

Esther (Starbuck) Strawbridge

Spouse:

Herbert East. Goodman

child:

Howard Goodman

child:

William East. Goodman

child:

Grace Goodman