Doris Saunders

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Doris Jean (Martin) Saunders, {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|CM}} (June 6, 1941 – May 28, 2006) was founding editor of Them Days,{{Cite web |last=tdadmin |title=Home |url=https://www.themdays.com/ |access-date=2022-09-29 |website=Them Days}}Them Days: Stories of Early Labrador. (1977). Canada: Labrador Heritage Society. [https://books.google.com/books?id=bAgoMwEACAAJ] a quarterly journal chronicling the history of Labrador, from 1975 to 2004.{{Cite news |date=2004 |title=Secretly perched at the top of the stairs in her childhood home, Doris Saunders listened intently |pages=6 |work=The Beaver |url=https://www.canadashistoryarchive.ca/canadas-history/the-beaver-jun-jul-2004/flipbook/6/ |access-date=2022-07-15}} She was inducted into the Order of Canada in 1986.

Saunders was born in Cartwright, Labrador, in 1941 and was the second child of six.{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}} She later moved to Happy Valley-Goose Bay. In 1975, she was hired by the Labrador Heritage Society to publish a booklet containing oral histories of people from Labrador. Saunders went on to publish Them Days as a quarterly magazine.{{Cite news |date=2006-05-30 |title=Doris Saunders, 64 |work=The Globe and Mail |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/doris-saunders-64/article1100031/ |access-date=2022-07-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715191745/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/doris-saunders-64/article1100031/ |archive-date=2022-07-15}} In 1986, she was inducted as a member of the Order of Canada. She was also given an honorary Doctorate of Letters from Memorial University in 1994. Saunders was also known for her award-winning embroidery.{{Cite web |title=APL 103 - Doris Saunders collection |url=https://arc.anla.nf.ca/doris-saunders-collection |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715194547/https://arc.anla.nf.ca/doris-saunders-collection |archive-date=2022-07-15 |access-date=2022-07-15 |website=Association of Newfoundland and Labrador Archives}} She presented Queen Elizabeth II a piece of her embroidery during her royal visit to Labrador in the 1990s.{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}} She died from Alzheimer's disease, in St. John's, Newfoundland, in May 2006.{{Cite news |date=2006-05-29 |title=Editor hailed for collecting Labrador history |work=CBC News |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/editor-hailed-for-collecting-labrador-history-1.610723 |access-date=2022-07-15}} Doris is buried in Happy Valley, Labrador, alongside her husband, Frank.{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}} Saunders had three children and three grandchildren.{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}