Robins, Margaret Dreier 1868-1945

Women's rights leader and social activist. Margaret Dreier Robins was born in 1868 in Brooklyn, New York. She left New York in 1925 and moved to Florida with her husband Raymond Robins. The Robins' resided at a large estate called Chinsegut Hill near the town of Brooksville. Margaret was a founder and leader of the National Women's Trade Union League and an outspoken crusader for equal rights for women in the workplace. She and her husband were also active in politics and campaigned for candidates in both major parties as well as the National Progressive Party. She died in 1945.

From the guide to the Margaret Dreier Robins Collection, 1876-1950, 1905-1945, (Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida)

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