Link Lillian C. Stanford was born in New Brighton, Pennsylvania, and graduated from West Virginia State College. The wife of Dr. Stephen Stanford, she lived in Morristown, New Jersey.  The Stanfords were members of the A.U. M.P. Methodist Church. 

Link Stanford was active with the Visiting Nurses Association and the Montgomery Hospital Association.  In the early days of the organization, she worked very hard with the Vigilance Committee. At The Links 1949 Assembly, she was chosen as national historian.