Sue A. Sanders (née, Pike; March 25, 1842 – September 8, 1931) was an American teacher, clubwoman, and author, who was prominent in social circles.
She was a leader in charitable organizations serving as the ninth National President of the Woman's Relief Corps (WRC).
Harrison W. Pike owned and operated a farm in Casco, until he and his wife, accompanied by their seven small children, came to Bloomington, Illinois, in 1854.
[5][6] She became a member of the International Organisation of Good Templars (IOGT) at the age of 15, and took an active part in advancing its principles.
[5] On September 19, 1867, she married James Troyless Sanders (1840–1925), of Jacksonville, Illinois who was one of the incorporators of the Delavan Homestead Building & Loan Association.
[3] After marriage, while residing in Delavan, Illinois, Sanders' time was principally occupied by home duties, but she was always more or less prominently identified with public affairs along certain lines.
In February 1888, she was made department counselor of the Illinois WRC and a member of the national pension committee, in which she served two years.
In the Milwaukee convention, she presented the recommendation for the adoption of the site of the National WRC house in Madison, Ohio.
[7][11] In 1892, she presided over the convention held at Washington, D.C.[6] Sanders always took considerable interest in school work and everything tending toward reform, but on coming to Bloomington, November, 1892, she determined to keep out of public office.
[8] The couple attended and helped support the Unitarian church, of which she served as superintendent of the Sunday school for three years.
She died September 8, 1931, at St. Joseph's Hospital, in Bloomington, and was buried at that city's Evergreen Memorial Cemetery.