Martha Gilmore Robinson (August 18, 1888 – February 1981) was an American women's rights and civic activist, who founded the
Silver Thimble Fund of America, the
Woman Citizens' Union, co-founded the
Louisiana Landmarks Society, and was president of Louisiana's
League of Women Voters
The League of Women Voters (LWV or the League) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan political organization in the United States. Founded in 1920, its ongoing major activities include registering voters, providing voter information, and advocating for vot ...
.
Biography
Robinson was born in
, on August 18, 1888, the daughter of attorney and
U.S. Representative
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Samuel Louis Gilmore
Samuel Louis Gilmore (July 30, 1859 – July 18, 1910) was a U.S. Representative from Louisiana.
Gilmore was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was instructed by private tutors, graduating from the Central High School of New Orleans in 18 ...
, and his wife, Martha Frazier Nolan Gilmore.
She was educated there at the
Academy of the Sacred Heart, and at
Sophie Newcomb College
H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College, or Newcomb College, was the coordinate women's college of Tulane University located in New Orleans, in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It was founded by Josephine Louise Newcomb in 1886 in memory of her daughter ...
, from where she graduated in 1909.
She married Robert Gibson Robinson, a graduate of
Princeton
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, and the owner of a successful lumber business. They had four sons and a daughter.
References
1888 births
1981 deaths
Academy of the Sacred Heart (New Orleans, Louisiana) alumni
H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College alumni
Politicians from New Orleans
Schools of the Sacred Heart alumni
Women in Louisiana politics
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