 In tennis, she competed in the world championships in 1914, and won three gold medals.At the outbreak of the war, Suzanne headed for Lavaur in southwest France, where some of her father's family lived and where she worked as a nurse for the war effort.It was while staying in the area, both to pass the time and to do something novel for their country, that she and some friends decided to participate in the "marraine de guerre" (War Godmother) program, in which civilian women established pen pal relationships with soldiers at the front.