Amy Robbins Ware

Amy Robbins Ware (September 7, 1877 – May 5, 1929) was an American author, world court worker, peace activist, and clubwoman. During World War I, she served in various capacities for the American Red Cross and the American Expeditionary Forces in France. As a member of the Red Cross, she saw duty in a canteen near the frontlines in the days of the last drive just before the armistice of 11 November 1918 was signed. She was also connected with the army college at Savenay. Ware wrote of her war experience, in prose and verse, in Echoes of France. In 1925, as chair of the department of international cooperation for the Minnesota Federation of Women's Clubs, Ware set in motion the efforts of 50,000 clubwomen of the state to consider the question of international cooperation, her hope being that women may keep informed as to the rapidly changing conditions of the world and be ready to lend aid to further the kind of international cooperation that will bring about permanent world peace.

Early life and education Amy Irene Robbins was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, September 7, 1877, at the home of her uncle, Thomas Barlow Walker. She was the daughter of Andrew Bonney Robbins, Civil War volunteer and Adelaide Julia Walker, Civil War nurse. Andrew Bonney Robbins is the namesake of Robbinsdale, Minnesota. Ware was a lineal descendant of the Mayflower Pilgrim, John Howland, through Captain Abraham Shaw (American Revolutionary War officer), Capt. Shaw's daughter being Mary (Shaw) Robbins, mother of Andrew Bonney Robbins. Like Amy, all of the sisters were graduates of the University of Minnesota and were members of the Pi Beta Phi sorority and the Association of Collegiate Alumnae.

Much of the active interest in art which motivated Ware's life originated in the hours spent from early childhood among the artworks of the T. B. Walker Collection. In recognition of her sympathetic understanding of the needs of their war orphans, the French Committee in Paris elected Ware to be the National American representative for the school for training these orphans to efficient self-support in "L'lnstitute Foch," which was the American branch of the Joffre Institute for Vocational Training. while in the General Federation of Women's Clubs, Ware served as chair, research division, international relations department and later as vice-chair, international relations department. member of the Business Woman's Club, and violinist in the community orchestra. They resided at "The Orchard" in Robbinsdale. "The Orchard" was a gift from her father and mother. The following year, Mrs. Ware established the Orchard Crafts Guild. and he remarried in 1921.

After being ill for a week, Amy Robbins Ware died at Abbott Hospital in Minneapolis from a cerebral hemorrhage on May 5, 1929.

Selected works Echoes of France (1920) (text) "The Permanent Court of International Justice as the Logical First Step Toward Prevention of War"