Frances Southworth Goff’s grandparents came to northern Ohio in 1836 to farm acreage granted them by the Connecticut Land Co. Her father, who operated a general store near Cleveland’s Public Square, eventually became president of National City Bank. And Frances herself (Vassar, 1886) would make her own indelible mark on the city as one of 15 founders of the Federation for Charity and Philanthropy—a model for federated fund-raising organizations throughout America that evolved into today’s United Way. Married in 1894 to Frederick Harris Goff (1858–1923), a corporate lawyer who would also become president of a major bank in town—Cleveland Trust—and who would establish the Cleveland Foundation, Frances Goff (1864–1956) devoted herself to civic causes. In addition to her work with the federation, she served as treasurer of the Maternal Health Association (later known as Planned Parenthood of Greater Cleveland), lent her name to the Woman Suffrage Party of Cleveland, sat on the board of the Cleveland Day Nursery, and helped to charter the Women’s City Club of Cleveland.