| 词条 | Gail North-Saunders |
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North-Saunders was one of the four women to first represent The Bahamas in an international sports competition as a member of the sprint relay team at the 1962 Central American and Caribbean Games.[3] Early life and educationDiane Gail North was born to Edward Basil and Audrey Virginia (Isaacs) North on March 10, 1944.{{citation needed|date=April 2018}} During her high school and college years, she was a superior scholar and athlete.[3] North represented the country on the sprint relay team at the 1962 Central American and Caribbean Games, in Kingston, Jamaica.[3] At the event, along with Althea Rolle-Clarke, Elaine Thompson, and Christina Jones-Darville, she was one of the four women to first represent The Bahamas in an international sports competition.[3] North earned a Bachelor of Arts in History in 1966 from University of Newcastle upon Tyne and a postgraduate certificate in Education from the University of Leicester in 1967.[1] She taught history at Government High for two years.[1] North married Winston Saunders in 1968.[1][6] The couple relocated to England for further schooling.[1] She studied at University College London and worked at the British Council in Public Record Offices to study process for archiving.[1] When they moved back to The Bahamas in 1969, Winston took a position as deputy headmaster at Highbury High School.[1] Upon returning to The Bahamas, North-Saunders took a position at the library in the Ministry of Education where she organized the records of the old Board of Education to make the first deposit in the National Archives.[1] Saunders studied under historian Michael Craton at the University of Waterloo to earn a doctorate.[1] National archivesThe Ministry of Education asked North-Saunders to establish the Bahamian National Archives.[1] The archives were held at the Eastern Public Library (the Eastern Post Office) for 16 years.[1] North-Saunders was the director from 1971 until 2004 and director-general of the archives until her retirement in 2008.[1] North-Saunders was president of the Association of Caribbean Historians; president of the Caribbean Archives Association and an executive member of the International Council on Archives.[3] WritingNorth-Saunders has authored books about Bahamian history including Historic Bahamas,[3] Islanders in the Stream: A History of the Bahamian People (Volume 1 and 2) with Michael Craton,[4] and Race and Class in the Colonial Bahamas, 1880–1960.[5] Later life and recognitionAfter retirement from the National Archives, North-Saunders remains active in academic pursuits as Scholar-in-residence at the College of The Bahamas.[1] In 2006, her husband Winston died.[6] HonoursNorth-Saunders was awarded the Commonwealth honour of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2003.[7] The University of the West Indies awarded her an honorary degree in 2004.[8] She was inducted into the Bahamas National Sports Hall of Fame in 2013.[9] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 {{Cite news|url=https://thenassauguardian.com/2011/11/28/national-profile-dr-gail-saunders/|title=National Profile: Dr. Gail Saunders|date=2011-11-28|work=The Nassau Guardian|access-date=2017-11-19|language=en-US}} {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:North-Saunders, Gail}}2. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.bahamianproject.com/2013/01/dr-gail-saunders/|title=Dr. Gail Saunders|date=2013-01-22|work=The Bahamian Project|access-date=2017-11-19|language=en-US}} 3. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 {{Cite news|url=https://thenassauguardian.com/2012/06/20/prominent-historian-once-a-track-and-field-star/|title=Prominent historian once a track and field star |date=2012-06-20|work=The Nassau Guardian|access-date=2017-11-19|language=en-US}} 4. ^1 {{Cite web|url=http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=5832|title=Review of Craton, Michael; Saunders, Gail, Islanders in the Stream: A History of the Bahamian People, Volume Two: From the Ending of Slavery to the Twenty-first Century and Craton, Michael; Saunders, Gail, Islanders in the Stream: A History of the Bahamian People, Volume One: From Aboriginal Times to the End of Slavery|last=Stone|first=Michael C.|date=January 2002|website=www.h-net.org|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2017-11-19}} 5. ^1 {{Cite web|url=http://www.thebahamasweekly.com/publish/bis-news-updates/Dr_Gail_Saunders_presents_a_copy_of_new_book_to_the_Governor_General49186.shtml|title=thebahamasweekly.com - Dr. Gail Saunders presents a copy of new book to the Governor General|website=www.thebahamasweekly.com|access-date=2017-11-19}} 6. ^1 {{Cite news|url=https://nicobethelblogworld.wordpress.com/2006/11/26/on-the-passing-of-winston-saunders/|title=On the Passing of Winston Saunders|date=2006-11-27|work=Blogworld on Wordpress|access-date=2017-11-19|language=en-US}} 7. ^{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2615845.stm|title=Commonwealth honours|date=2002-12-31|access-date=2017-11-19|language=en-GB}} 8. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.mona.uwi.edu/marcom/newsroom/entry/2864|title=THIRTEEN TO RECEIVE HONORARY DEGREES {{!}} Marketing and Communications Office, The University of West Indies at Mona|website=www.mona.uwi.edu|access-date=2017-11-19}} 9. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.thebahamasweekly.com/publish/sports/21_Inducted_into_2013_Bahamas_National_Sports_Hall_of_Fame31830.shtml|title=21 Inducted into 2013 Bahamas National Sports Hall of Fame|last=Ingraham|first=Felicity|date=November 28, 2013|website=www.thebahamasweekly.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2017-11-19}} 6 : Living people|Bahamian writers|Bahamian women writers|Historians|Archivists|1944 births |
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