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Message: [QUOTE="Shelley Dziedzic, post: 270574, member: 144586"] Delia, Madeleine spent her life doing good works and taking care of her mother, who lived to be 103. After graduating from Smith college, she continued studies at home, was fluent in several language, active in church and music, and put many hours in what was then called "settlement houses" for older ladies who found themselves in financially difficult situations. One was in Bedford, the other in Waltham. The very next issue of Voyage (quarterly journal of TIS) debuts a series called "Titanic Sisters"- and as it would have it, Madeleine Newell is the focus. I was able, with the help of Smith College, to piece together many of her contributions to alumnae newsletters, and find recollections from her classmates. She was very reluctant to speak about Titanic. She was the more retiring sister, a homebody and gentle confidante of her sister's children, grandchildren and various nieces- greatly loved. She made three trips to Europe in her lifetime, including that fateful one of course. [/QUOTE]