Family therapist and United Church of Christ lay minister, Patricia Anne Cavanaugh grew up in Illinois and before her marriage was a nurse in a pediatrician's office. Her first marriage was to a mathematics professor at Dartmouth College; they had three children. She worked as a counselor with teenagers on probation and graduated from Goddard College with a degree in psychology. Her second marriage was to a United Church of Christ minister and together they served a number of churches in New York State and Massachusetts. During those years she trained to become a Recognized Lay Minister. They moved to a retirement complex in Tennessee where Cavanaugh was active in membership and administrative activities.
From the description of Papers of Patricia Anne Cavanaugh, 1975-2010. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 778969881
