| Mary Sachs | |
| Birth Name: | Mary Parmly Koues |
| Birth Date: | 1882 |
| Death Place: | Hanover, New Hampshire, U.S. |
| Alma Mater: | Smith College |
| Occupation: | Playwright, poet |
| Spouse: | Ernest Sachs |
| Children: | 2 sons, including Ernest Sachs, Jr. |
| Relatives: | Julius Sachs (father-in-law) |
Mary Sachs (1882-1973) was an American playwright and poet.
Mary Sachs was born Mary Parmly Koues in 1882. She graduated from Smith College in 1912, where she was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society.[1] [2] [3]
Sachs published her first play, The Twelfth Disciple, about Judas.[1] [2] The play was performed on Broadway.[4] She subsequently composed poetry. Her poetry collection entitled Echoes, which included poems she wrote between 1898 and 1966, was published in 1967.[1] [2]
Sachs supported women's suffrage in the United States.[2] She was a charter member of the League of Women Voters.[2]
Sachs married Ernest Sachs, a neurosurgeon and the grandson of Goldman Sachs's founder, in 1913[1] [2] [3] They had a daughter and two sons: Mary Parmly sachs, Thomas Dudley Sachs and Ernest Sachs Jr.[1] They resided in Hanover, New Hampshire.[1] She became a widow in 1958.[3]
Sachs died on December 24, 1973, in Hanover, New Hampshire.[1] [2] She was 91 years old.[3]