Samuel David Robinson (1848-1920) and Elmira (Thomas) Robinson (1854-1940).

She died in 1973.

She received her early education at the Bermuda Collegiate Institute and the Berkeley Institute where she was a very young member of the Berkeley's first class.

Later she studied at Albert College in Belleville, Ontario, Canada where she graduated in 1908 with a diploma in speech training.

For many years Miss Robinson had her own school, The School of Expression, which was located in her father's building, The Arcade, on Burnaby Street in Hamilton. When Excelsior Secondary School opened on the North Shore, Miss Robinson offered her help with the speaking of English. Mrs. Millicent Neverson, the school's principal, said of her, "She taught so happily that her classes were always a joy.'' Miss Robinson was the first teacher of speech in the government school system.

From 1945 to 1955, she taught speech at the Central School under the late Mr.

Victor Scott. She believed that a well-trained voice and an impressive expression gave influence and success.

Miss Robinson made valuable contributions to the community.

She was a founding member of Bermuda's first locally established social welfare organisation the Sunshine League -- founded by her sister Agnes May Robinson in 1919 -- and served as its treasurer for twenty eight years (1921 to 1949). In later years, she served at various times as the League's president and secretary.

Miss Robinson was actively involved with the girl guide movement and was Captain of the 2nd Excelsior Girl Guide Co. She was an early member of the Bermuda Welfare Society founded in 1925, the L.C.C.A. founded in 1932 and was an active member of the Women's Civic and Political organisation in the forties.

The late Miss Wenona Grace Robinson, (1890 -1973) an excellent teacher and role model in her day.

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