Sara Weeks Roberts


Sara Weeks Roberts was an American social reformer and activist. She succeeded Thomas Nelson Page as president of the National Library for the Blind.

Early years and education

Sara Weeks was born in St. Albans, Vermont, January 29, 1865. She was the daughter of Hiram Bellows and Sarah M. Weeks. She was educated in the public schools of that city before attending Emerson College of Oratory, Boston, where she was a student in the regular and post-graduate courses.

Career

She married Ernest W. Roberts, a lawyer and a member of Congress, from Chelsea, Massachusetts, on February 2, 1898. Their children were Ernest Weeks ; Sara Dean ; John Page ; and Hiram Weeks.
Roberts was the president of the National Library for the Blind; vice-president, Board of Lady Managers, National Home Hospital, Washington, D.C.; hon. vice president, Consumers' League. Washington, D. C.; member Massachusetts Suffrage Association; and president, Chelsea Woman's, Congressional, of Washington, D.C. She was a member of the Universalist church; and had homes in Chelsea, Washington, D. C., and Rockport, Massachusetts.