The following is a note from the Vegetarian Society of DC. Madge Darneille was also a Vegetarian Resource Group life member.
VSDC is saddened by the loss of Madge Darneille who died on April 5, 2019, just shy of her 99th birthday. A vegetarian since the age of four, Madge has been called the First Lady of Vegetarianism in North America and served off-and-on as president of VSDC for 22 years, most recently in 1996. VSDC history has been referred to as “before Madge” and “after Madge.”
She was also a founder and board member of the North American Vegetarian Society (NAVS) and the Vegetarian Union of North America (VUNA), and Assistant Secretary of the International Vegetarian Union (IVU). She co-founded World Vegetarian Day in the 1970s.
We are grateful to Madge for her many years of pioneering leadership and inspiration, and we send our deepest sympathy to her family and friends.