Mercedes Godoy | |
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![]() Mercedes Godoy, in the frontispiece of her memoir, When I Was a Girl in Mexico (1919). | |
Born | March 16, 1890 Mexico City |
Nationality | Mexican |
Occupation(s) | Writer, socialite |
Mercedes Godoy (March 16, 1890 – after 1932 [1]) was a Mexican socialite in the United States, and author of When I Was a Girl in Mexico (1919).
Mercedes Godoy was born in Mexico City, the daughter of José Francisco Godoy (1851–1930) and Adela Perrin de Godoy. [2] [3] Her father was a Mexican-born United States citizen, [4] a writer, translator, and diplomat who served in Cuba, Guatemala, and the United States. [5] [6] Her grandfather, José Antonio Godoy, was Mexican consul in San Francisco. [7]
Godoy was a debutante in the 1905–1906 social season in Washington, D.C., [8] while her father was the Mexican consul in that city. [9] [10] [11] She was described as resembling Alice Roosevelt Longworth. [12] [13] She was a delegation aide to the Women's Auxiliary Committee, at the Second Pan-American Scientific Conference in 1915. [14] [15]
Godoy was a trained singer. In 1915, she sang at a musical evening given by the Musical Harmony Club at the Colonial School for Girls. [16] In 1916, she became vice-president of the Harmony Improvement Society. [17] In 1917, she was on the committee for a Red Cross benefit dance at the Cairo hotel. [18] In 1918, she appeared in a one-act play in Spanish, at a benefit for earthquake relief in Guatemala. [19]
In 1919 Godoy published a memoir of her childhood games, holidays, foods, and other details, When I Was a Girl in Mexico. [20] "This book will be a revelation to those American children who imagine that Mexican is a synonym for bandits," predicted one reviewer. [21] It was part of the "Children of Other Lands" series about childhoods in different cultures, including Hólmfríður Árnadóttir's When I Was a Girl in Iceland, Cornelia De Groot's When I Was a Girl in Holland, Mousa J. Kaleel's When I Was a Boy in Palestine, and Yan Phou Lee's When I Was a Boy in China. [22]
Godoy lived in Washington, Havana, and New York as a young woman, with her parents and her siblings. [23] She was living in Mexico City when her mother died in 1923. [24]
Mercedes Godoy | |
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![]() Mercedes Godoy, in the frontispiece of her memoir, When I Was a Girl in Mexico (1919). | |
Born | March 16, 1890 Mexico City |
Nationality | Mexican |
Occupation(s) | Writer, socialite |
Mercedes Godoy (March 16, 1890 – after 1932 [1]) was a Mexican socialite in the United States, and author of When I Was a Girl in Mexico (1919).
Mercedes Godoy was born in Mexico City, the daughter of José Francisco Godoy (1851–1930) and Adela Perrin de Godoy. [2] [3] Her father was a Mexican-born United States citizen, [4] a writer, translator, and diplomat who served in Cuba, Guatemala, and the United States. [5] [6] Her grandfather, José Antonio Godoy, was Mexican consul in San Francisco. [7]
Godoy was a debutante in the 1905–1906 social season in Washington, D.C., [8] while her father was the Mexican consul in that city. [9] [10] [11] She was described as resembling Alice Roosevelt Longworth. [12] [13] She was a delegation aide to the Women's Auxiliary Committee, at the Second Pan-American Scientific Conference in 1915. [14] [15]
Godoy was a trained singer. In 1915, she sang at a musical evening given by the Musical Harmony Club at the Colonial School for Girls. [16] In 1916, she became vice-president of the Harmony Improvement Society. [17] In 1917, she was on the committee for a Red Cross benefit dance at the Cairo hotel. [18] In 1918, she appeared in a one-act play in Spanish, at a benefit for earthquake relief in Guatemala. [19]
In 1919 Godoy published a memoir of her childhood games, holidays, foods, and other details, When I Was a Girl in Mexico. [20] "This book will be a revelation to those American children who imagine that Mexican is a synonym for bandits," predicted one reviewer. [21] It was part of the "Children of Other Lands" series about childhoods in different cultures, including Hólmfríður Árnadóttir's When I Was a Girl in Iceland, Cornelia De Groot's When I Was a Girl in Holland, Mousa J. Kaleel's When I Was a Boy in Palestine, and Yan Phou Lee's When I Was a Boy in China. [22]
Godoy lived in Washington, Havana, and New York as a young woman, with her parents and her siblings. [23] She was living in Mexico City when her mother died in 1923. [24]