Roberta Lawson
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Roberta Lawson (née Campbell, October 31, 1878, Alluwe, Indian Territory – December 31, 1940, Tulsa, Oklahoma) was a Lenape-Scots-Irish activist, community organizer, and musician.[1] During World War I, she was the head of the Women's Division of the Oklahoma Council of Defense. She was president of the Oklahoma State Federation of Women's Clubs, organized to support community welfare and educational goals. As music chairman of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, in 1926, she wrote Indian Music Programs for clubs and special days of celebration. In 1935 she was elected president of the General Federation. She served a three-year term leading its two million members to work toward "uniform marriage and divorce laws, birth control, and civic service."[2]