Gail saunders biography

Bahamian historian, archivist (1944–2023)

Gail SaundersOBE or Diane Gail North Saunders (March 10, 1944 – June 30, 2023) was a prominent Bahamian historian, archivist, author and athlete.^[1][2]

Saunders established the Bahamian National Archives and was the director from 1971 until 2004.^[1] She was the president of the Bahamas Historical Society from 1989 until 1999.^[1] 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]

She authored books about Bahamian history including Historic Bahamas,^[3]Islanders in the Stream: A History of the Bahamian People,^[4] and Race and Class in the Colonial Bahamas, 1880-1960.^[5]

Saunders was also one of the four women to first represent the Bahamas in an international sports competition as a member of the s