Prudence Gearey Sand was born in 1908.  After graduating from Central High in Fargo she attended St. Catherine's College in St. Paul, Minnesota, Columbia University in New York City, and Stanford University in Berkeley, California.  She received a bachelor's degree in comparative literature from York University in London, Ontario.  She also received a master's degree in comparative literature from the University of Minnesota.  She worked as both a poet and editor.  She had a long time association with the National League of American Pen Women. She died on January 3, 1984.

The Prudence Gearey Sand papers consist, for the most part, of poetry.  The collection also contains a few essays by her, a collection of sayings and epigrams by her and others, a small collection of lists that she compiled and a small collection of correspondence. 
 

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