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Martha Gilmore Robinson

1888 – 1981

American civic activist

Civil rights advocate
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Lived 1888 – 1981 (aged 92–93). Martha Gilmore Robinson was an American civil rights advocate.

Martha Gilmore Robinson (August 18, 1888 – February 5, 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.

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. She was educated there at the Academy of the Sacred Heart, and at Sophie Newcomb College, from where she graduated in 1909.

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

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Birth century
Died
1981
Occupation
Civil rights advocate
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Education
Schools of the Sacred Heart, H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College

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Who was Martha Gilmore Robinson?

American civic activist (1888-1981)

When was Martha Gilmore Robinson born?

Martha Gilmore Robinson was born on 18 August 1888.

When did Martha Gilmore Robinson die?

Martha Gilmore Robinson died in 1981.

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Martha Gilmore Robinson was a civil rights advocate.

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Martha Gilmore Robinson was American.

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· Wikipedia: Martha Gilmore Robinson

· Wikidata: Q26998060

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