Sally Sanor
Sally Sanor | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 16, 1914 San Jose, California, USA |
| Died | February 4, 2003 Grass Valley, California, USA |
| NSA member | France 1958 - 1959 |
Sally Sanor (December 16, 1914 - February 4, 2003) was an American Bahá’í who pioneered to several posts within and outside the United States to assist Bahá’í communities.
Biography[edit]
Sanor was born in San Jose, California, in 1914. In her youth she studied at San Jose State University where she completed an English degree and in 1936 she enrolled in Hastings Law School in San Francisco. Upon completing her studies she began working for the U.S. Government in Special Services.[1]
In 1940 Sanor became a Bahá’í in Honolulu, Hawaii, and she became an active member of the community.[1] In 1942 she pioneered to Boise, Idaho, with Farrukh Ioas to attempt to establish a Local Spiritual Assembly.[2][3] Shortly after their arrival they were able to establish a weekly study group,[4] and a Local Spiritual Assembly was established in 1943.[5] Sanor was appointed to the Regional Teaching Committee for Montana and Idaho in 1943,[6] and as the Chairman of the Idaho State Convention Committee in 1944.[7]
In March, 1947, Sanor pioneered to Luxembourg with Anita Ioas to assist Honor Kempton,[8] and as of 1950 she was the only pioneer in the country being joined later in the year by Mildred and George Clark.[9] In 1955 she went on pilgrimage.[1] She pioneered to France later in the 1950’s and was elected to the inaugural National Spiritual Assembly of France in 1958 as the bodies Recording Secretary serving on the body for one year.[10] By 1962 she had returned to the United States where she was appointed to the Bahá’í College Bureau by the National Spiritual Assembly.[11]
In later life Sanor contributed to the development of the Bahá’í community of Grass Valley, California, and passed away there in 2003.[1]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Obituary at TheUnion.com
- ↑ Baha'i News (July, 1942). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 154, Pg(s) 2. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1942). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 155, Pg(s) 6. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1942). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 157, Pg(s) 4. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1943). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 163, Pg(s) 4. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1943). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 164, Pg(s) 15. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1944). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 172, Pg(s) 15. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1947). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 194, Pg(s) 1. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1950). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 238, Pg(s) 7. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1958). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 329, Pg(s) 18. View as PDF.
- ↑ US Supplement, No. 49, p 6
