Susan Augusta Pike Sanders, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Susan Augusta Pike Sanders

American clubwoman

Date of Birth: 25-Mar-1842

Date of Death: 08-Sep-1931

Profession: non-fiction writer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Susan Augusta Pike Sanders

  • Susan Augusta Pike Sanders (March 25, 1842 – September 8, 1931) was an American teacher, clubwoman, and author, who was prominent in charities and social circles.
  • She served as national president of the Woman's Relief Corps, auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic, the largest charitable organization in the world in its day.
  • She has the credit of being the originator of placing a flag in every school house, hers the first school to have a flag in McLean County, Illinois.
  • The legislature changed the plan to putting it on the outside, which law was later repealed.

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