Mathews, Sally

Sally Mathews grew up on the plains of northern Iowa, where there was everything a young person could desire. At Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois she practiced the piano conscientiously until something unexpected intervened - opportunity to attend an international workcamp on Ishigaki Island, the southern tip of the Ryukyu Islands of Japan. Workcamps were organized worldwide by Quakers and were probably the model for John F. Kennedy's Peace Corps. The experience turned her world topsy-turvy just before her senior year. However, with much chaos and turbulence, she managed to graduate cu...