Lois Beil Sandall was a charter member of the Seattle Soroptimist Club and served as its president from 1929-1930; she also served as governor of the Norhwest Region of the Soroptimists from 1938 to 1942 and as the ninth president of the Soroptimist Federation of the Americas in 1946. She studied drama at Emerson College in Boston and the New York Dramatic Academy. After coming to Seattle in 1917, she organized the Pilgrim Community Players, the first church-theatre group in the United States. She was an associate professor of speech at the University of Washington and later established the Sandall School of Speech and Drama. Sandall also served as drama director for the Mountaineer Players from 1924 to 1950.
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McBride and Anderson
circa 1925 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1925-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
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