Jane Goude (November 4, 1891 — August 7, 1966), born Genevieve Hazel Goude, was an American actress, Chautauqua performer, and clubwoman, billed as "The Girl from the Golden West".
Genevieve Hazel Goude was born in Potlatch, Idaho, the daughter of Frank Elliott Goude and Carrie Jenkins Goude.[1] She was raised by her Jenkins grandparents near Spokane, Washington after her mother died in 1892. By the time she was 17 years old, both her grandparents had also died, and she sewed to support herself, while studying at the Walton College of Expression in Spokane.[2][3][4]
In the 1920s Goude toured nationally[5] as "The Girl from the Golden West",[6] giving dramatic readings and impersonations[7] on the Chautauqua and lyceum circuits.[8][9] In the 1930s she was based in Chicago,[10] and traveled for the Redpath Lyceum Bureau as "special campaign director", working with local Chautauqua committees to book speakers and performers.[11] She was director of the Cooperative Concert Association's national membership campaign,[12] represented the Columbia Concerts Corporation, and spoke to civic groups around the United States.[13][14]
^A Jane Goude program from her Chautauqua appearances, from the Traveling Culture: Circuit Chautauqua in the Twentieth Century, Redpath Chautauqua Collection, University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections Department.
