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Magdeleine Goüin,countess Bernardde Ganay (2 March 1901 – 30 June 1949) was a French racing driver and philanthropist.
Goüin was born 2 March 1901 in the8th arrondissement ofParis. She was a daughter of Édouard Goüin[1] and Suzanne du Buit (future countess of Segur-Lamoignon), and the sister ofHenry Goüin, president of theFondation Royaumont.[2]
As a racing driver, Goüin won theRallye Paris – Saint-Raphaël Féminin in 1930 at the wheel of aRenault Reinastella type RM.[3] She finished second the following year at the Rally Paris-Amsterdam behindSuzanne Deutsch de La Meurthe.
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She became vice-president of theAutomobile Club féminin de France, which was presided over at the time byAnne de Rochechouart de Mortemart.[4]
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Goüin established and hosted "“The Rosy”, a charitytea party which raised funds for the work of Visiting Nurses of France (founded by her mother-in-law the Marquise de Ganay) and the dispensary of theNelly-Martyl Foundation of therue de Belleville. The tea parties were often held in luxury hotels, like theHotel George V in Paris.[5][6][7]
In 1919, she married Count Bernard de Ganay, president of Polos de France, son of the Marquis Jean de Ganay and Berthe de Béhague and grandson ofEtienne, Marquis de Ganay.[8][9]
She died on 30 June 1949 inCasablanca, Morocco, age 48.
Her granddaughter Christine de Ganay was first married toPal Sarkozy, and then toFrank G. Wisner. Goüin’s great-grandchildren includeOlivier Sarkozy.[10][11]
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