Sarah (Sadie) Delany

Sarah ("Sadie") Delany (1889 - 1999) is one of the famous Delany children and one of the main subjects of "Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters First 100 Years" by Sarah and A. Elizabeth Delany with Amy Hill Hearth.

Sadie was the second child in a family of ten born to Nanny and Henry Delany. Sadie was born in Virginia at her Aunt Eliza's house and then transported to Raleigh where she would live until her early twenties.

Sadie was always her Mama's child, a sweet agreeable girl that followed in her mother's footsteps and did everything she was told. While Bessie watched the younger children, Sadie learned how to run a home. Sadie was also the first Delany child to go to college.

The Delany children were always taught to serve others and their choices in professions echo that ideal. Sadie became a teacher. Sadie broke through the...