Gruenberg, Bertha Sanford

Lecturer, journalist, and camp director, Gruenberg (1888- ) was society reporter for the Minneapolis Tribune (1906-1910), executive secretary of the Equal Franchise Society of Philadelphia (1917-1920), and thereafter gave lectures on child psychology and education to educational, civic and religious groups. She was married to banker Frederick P. Gruenberg and had two children. From 1926 to 1953, she co-directed Camp Waziyatah at Harrison, Maine, with Amy Faulkner. This was a summer camp, originally for boys and girls and later for girls alone, which applied John Dewey's educational principles in a non-competitive atmosphere. After retiring, Gruenberg continued to write articles and speeches and to work on two books about camps and camp safety.

BSG, lecturer, journalist and camp director was born in Central Europe, emigrated to the United States at the age of five and settled in Minneapolis. She graduated from high school in 1906, and was Society reporter for the Minneapolis Tribune, 1906-1910. She married Frederick P. Gruenberg in 1909, and after moving to Philadelphia continued to write freelance features for magazines and newspapers. From 1917-1920, BSG was Executive Secretary of the Equal Franchise Society of Philadelphia and thereafter, gave lectures on child psychology and education to educational, civic and religious groups. From 1926-1953, BSG co-directed Camp Waziyatah, at Harrison, Maine, with Amy Faulkner. This was a summer camp, originally for boys and girls and later for girls alone, which applied John Dewey's educational principles in a non-competitive atmosphere.

Lecturer, journalist, and camp director, Gruenberg (1888-1987) was society reporter for the Minneapolis Tribune (1906-1910), executive secretary of the Equal Franchise Society of Philadelphia (1917-1920), and thereafter gave lectures on child psychology and education to educational, civic and religious groups. She was married to banker Frederick P. Gruenberg and had two children. From 1926 to 1953, she co-directed Camp Waziyatah at Harrison, Maine, with Amy Faulkner. This was a summer camp, originally for boys and girls and later for girls alone, which applied John Dewey's educational principles in a non-competitive atmosphere. After retiring, Gruenberg continued to write articles and speeches and to work on two books about camps and camp safety.