Martha Gilmore Robinson Explained

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.[1]

Biography

Robinson was born in New Orleans, on August 18, 1888, the daughter of attorney and U.S. Representative Samuel Louis Gilmore, and his wife, Martha Frazier Nolan Gilmore.[2] She was educated there at the Academy of the Sacred Heart, and at Sophie Newcomb College, from where she graduated in 1909.[3] [2]

She married Robert Gibson Robinson, a graduate of Princeton, and the owner of a successful lumber business. They had four sons and a daughter.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Martha Gilmore Robinson (1888-1981) - NOLA Preservation Timeline Person - Tulane School of Architecture . https://web.archive.org/web/20150805001655/http://architecture.tulane.edu/preservation-project/entity/326 . 2015-08-05 . Tulane University.
  2. Web site: Martha Gilmore Robinson - Entries - KnowLA, Encyclopedia of Louisiana. 2016-09-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20170118052522/http://www.knowla.org/entry/854/. 2017-01-18. dead.
  3. Book: J. Mark Souther. New Orleans on Parade: Tourism and the Transformation of the Crescent City. 16 September 2016. 1 October 2006. LSU Press. 978-0-8071-3193-0. 57–58.