Wanda Robson | |
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Born | Wanda Davis December 16, 1926
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
Died | February 6, 2022 Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada | (aged 95)
Spouse | Joseph Robson |
Relatives | Viola Desmond (sister) |
Wanda Robson (December 16, 1926, in Halifax – February 6, 2022) was a Canadian civil rights activist. [1]
Robson became an activist when her sister, civil rights activist Viola Desmond, was arrested in 1946. [1] Robson spent years working to get her sister's arrest pardoned, which occurred in 2010 through the Nova Scotia legislature. [1] Because of the considerable effort Robson put into this, Canada gave a posthumous free pardon for the first time.
Robson believed that education was extremely important. She spoke at many educational events, where she discussed the importance of a future free of racial discrimination. [2]
Robson served three terms on the Nova Scotia Advisory Council for the Status of Women. [3]
In 2022, Robson received the Order of Nova Scotia. [4]
Robson wrote two books. The first, co-written with Cape Breton Professor Graham Reynolds, was Viola Desmond, Her Life and Times, [1] a biography for her sister. [5] Robson’s second book, Sister of Courage (2010), recounts her own life. [6]
Robson met her husband, Joseph Robson, in the 1960s, when they were co-workers at a lab. [7] The couple had one son. [8]
Robson completed her lifelong dream of having a University education in 2004, graduating from Cape Breton University with a Bachelor of Arts degree. [6]
Robson died on February 6, 2022, at the age of 95. At the time of her death, she and her husband lived in North Sydney, Nova Scotia. [1] She was buried alongside her sister in Camp Hill Cemetery in Halifax. [7]
Wanda Robson | |
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Born | Wanda Davis December 16, 1926
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
Died | February 6, 2022 Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada | (aged 95)
Spouse | Joseph Robson |
Relatives | Viola Desmond (sister) |
Wanda Robson (December 16, 1926, in Halifax – February 6, 2022) was a Canadian civil rights activist. [1]
Robson became an activist when her sister, civil rights activist Viola Desmond, was arrested in 1946. [1] Robson spent years working to get her sister's arrest pardoned, which occurred in 2010 through the Nova Scotia legislature. [1] Because of the considerable effort Robson put into this, Canada gave a posthumous free pardon for the first time.
Robson believed that education was extremely important. She spoke at many educational events, where she discussed the importance of a future free of racial discrimination. [2]
Robson served three terms on the Nova Scotia Advisory Council for the Status of Women. [3]
In 2022, Robson received the Order of Nova Scotia. [4]
Robson wrote two books. The first, co-written with Cape Breton Professor Graham Reynolds, was Viola Desmond, Her Life and Times, [1] a biography for her sister. [5] Robson’s second book, Sister of Courage (2010), recounts her own life. [6]
Robson met her husband, Joseph Robson, in the 1960s, when they were co-workers at a lab. [7] The couple had one son. [8]
Robson completed her lifelong dream of having a University education in 2004, graduating from Cape Breton University with a Bachelor of Arts degree. [6]
Robson died on February 6, 2022, at the age of 95. At the time of her death, she and her husband lived in North Sydney, Nova Scotia. [1] She was buried alongside her sister in Camp Hill Cemetery in Halifax. [7]