Autographed letter signed.
A moving letter from Yvonne de Gaulle, sensitive to the help given to young disabled girls.
“…I’m sorry I can’t help you with your little girl, but the Anne de Gaulle Foundation only accepts girls who are at least 14 years old…”
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Yvonne DE GAULLE (1900.1979)
Autographed letter signed.
Two pages in quarto. No place or date (probably early 1950s).
A moving letter from Yvonne de Gaulle, sensitive to the help given to young disabled girls.
“Madam, I am sorry I cannot help you with your little girl, but the Anne de Gaulle Foundation only accepts girls aged 14 and over , residing in Seine or Seine-et-Oise. You could contact: 1) the Franciscan Sisters in Rolleville, Seine-Inférieure; 2) the Sisters of the Presentation, 23 rue de Paris, Rozay-en-Brie, Seine-et-Marne. If rehabilitation is unsuccessful, the best option would be the Sisters of the Good Shepherd in Caen. Please accept, Madam, my warmest and most sincere regards. Y. de Gaulle.”
The Anne de Gaulle Foundation was founded in 1945 at the initiative of General de Gaulle and his wife Yvonne to provide assistance to young women with intellectual disabilities who lacked resources. Recognized as a public benefit organization on May 30, 1945, the foundation was named on August 13, 1948, in honor of Anne de Gaulle (1928-1948), the daughter of Charles and Yvonne de Gaulle. The foundation is housed in the Château de Vert-Cœur in Milon-la-Chapelle, on a fifteen-hectare estate, and cares for approximately forty residents. Yvonne de Gaulle served as President of the Foundation from 1945 until her death on November 8, 1979.
This letter must be dated before 1957. Indeed, "the Anne de Gaulle Foundation only accepts girls of at least 14 years of age "... the sick child in question, Nadia Tirel, was born in 1943. We can therefore place this letter between 1945 (creation of the Foundation) and 1957. This letter is addressed to Mrs. Gisèle Tirel, in Touques, mother of Nadia Tirel (1943-1999).