Sally Nelson Robins

Sally Nelson Robins (March 18, 1855 – February 4, 1925) was an American librarian, newspaper columnist, and suffragist.

Sally Nelson Robins
BornMarch 18, 1855 Edit this on Wikidata
DiedFebruary 4, 1925 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 69)
OccupationWriter, suffragist Edit this on Wikidata

Biography

Sally Nelson Robins was born on March 18, 1855, in Gloucester County, Virginia. She studied at the Eclectic Institute, Baltimore, Maryland.[1]

She was descended from Thomas Nelson. She married William Todd Robins in 1878; they had six children, including a son, Augustine Warner Robins.[2] They moved to Richmond. She was assistant librarian for the Virginia Historical Society. She was genealogical editor for the Richmond Times-Dispatch.[1][3] She was a member of the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia.[4][5]

Grave of Sally Nelson Robins

Sally Nelson Robins died on 4 February 1925 in Richmond. She was buried at Ware Episcopal Church Cemetery.[1][6]

Her correspondence is held at the New York Public Library.[7]

Works
  • History of Gloucester County, Virginia, and its Families. 1893.[8]
  • Robins, S.N. (1912). Scuffles. American Fiction, 1774-1920. Alice Harriman Company.
  • Robins, S.N. (1916). A Man's Reach. American Fiction, 1774-1920. J. B. Lippincott Company.
  • Robins, S.N. (1923). Love Stories of Famous Virginians. Dietz.

References
  1. "Dictionary of Virginia Biography - Sally Berkeley Nelson Robins Biography". www.lva.virginia.gov. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
  2. Head, William P. (1995). Every Inch a Soldier: Augustine Warner Robins and the Building of U.S. Airpower. Texas A&M University Press. ISBN 978-0-89096-590-0.
  3. "4 Jun 1893, Page 12 - The Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
  4. Lindgren, James Michael (1993). Preserving the Old Dominion: Historic Preservation and Virginia Traditionalism. University of Virginia Press. ISBN 978-0-8139-1450-3.
  5. Stanton, Elizabeth Cady; Anthony, Susan B.; Gage, Matilda Joslyn (1922). History of Woman Suffrage. Susan B. Anthony.
  6. "Gravestones in the cemetery". Ware Episcopal Church. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
  7. "Robins, Sally Nelson". NYPL Digital Collections. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
  8. "Review of History of Gloucester County, Virginia, and Its Families". The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. 1 (4): 477–481. 1894. ISSN 0042-6636. JSTOR 4241785.


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