Accolades for Adelaide
from Robbinsdale Revisited Hosted by robbinsdalehistoricalsociety
Episode 31: Adelaide Walker Robbins helped shape Minnesota from its frontier days through the early twentieth century, serving first as a teenage Civil War nurse before becoming a teacher, writer, church leader, and civic builder the communities of Willmar and Robbinsdale. Married to our town's founder Andrew B. Robbins and sister of Lumber Barron Thomas B. Walker, she spent decades helping establish churches, schools, homes, and cultural organizations while raising a family and remaining active in public life well into her later years.
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