The Elizabeth Bennett Rice Fund for Ovarian Cancer Research, Education and Awareness

Our mission is to carry on the vision of Elizabeth Bennett Rice, who lost her battle with Ovarian Cancer in the fall of 2008. After suffering the symptoms that mirror so many other health issues for women of all ages, she was finally diagnosed as Stage 4 in 2005. Throughout her treatment with continuing determination, Beth realized that women everywhere must be educated on the symptoms, the need for early diagnosis protocol, and the absolute requirement for advancement of the brilliant research being conducted to combat this silent killer.

For all of us mothers, daughters, sisters, and aunts, wives, lovers, professionals, and homemakers, Beth spent her last few months on this earth forming the Madam Ovary Foundation to fund this vision. Her work continues today through our commitment to support the critical research in these areas being conducted at Mass General Hospital.