Sally Love Saunders

Background

Saunders, Sally Love was born on January 15, 1940 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Lawrence and Dorothy (Love) Saunders.

Education

Student, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan, 1963. Student, University Pennsylvania, Columbia. Bachelor of Science, George Williams College, 1965.

Career

Teacher, Shipley School, Bryn Mawr, 1962-1965; teacher, Agnes Irwin School, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, 1964-1965; teacher, Montgomery County Day School, Wynnewood, 1962; teacher, Miquon (Pennsylvania) School, Waldron Academy, Merion, Pennsylvania, 1965-1966; teacher, Phelps School, Malvern, Pennsylvania, 1965-1970; teacher, Frankford Friends School Philadelphia, 1965-1966; teacher, Haverford (Pennsylvania) School, 1965-1966; teacher, Friends Seminary School, New York City, 1966-1968; teacher, Ballard School, New York City, 1966-1967; teacher, Lower Merion School, Ardmore, Pennsylvania, nights 1967-1971; teacher, University Settlement House, Philadelphia, 1961-1963; teacher, Navajo Indian Reservation, Fort Defiance, Arizona, 1963; teacher, Young Men's Jewish Youth Center, Chicago, 1964-1965; teacher, Margaret Fuller Settlement House, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1958-1961; poetry therapist, Pennsylvania Hospital Institute, 1969-1974; also drug rehabilitation house, Pennsylvania Hospital Institute, Philadelphia poet in residence, Tyrone Guthrie Center, Newbliss, Ireland, August 1988; poetry workshop leader, Pendle Hill Quaker Center, Wallingford, Pennsylvania, April 1988; poetry week leader, Ferry Beach, Saco, Maine., summer 1988. Pioneer in poetry therapy.

Works

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  • Bits of Thought: Poems

    (Bits of Thought: Poems Paperback Jan 01, 2006 Saunders, S...)

  • Quiet Thoughts & Gentle Feelings

Membership

Member Academy American Poets, National Federation State Poetry Societies, American Poetry League, National League American Pen Women, Poetry Therapy Association (vice president), Avalon Organization, Authors Guild, National Writers Club, Pen and Brush Club, N.H.Poetry Society, Pennsylvania Poetry Society, Catholic Poetry Society (associate), Florida State Poetry Society (associate).

Connections

Father:

Lawrence Saunders

Mother:

Dorothy (Love) Saunders