Amber E. Robinson

Amber E. Robinson (née, Ketchum; 1867–1961) was an American educator, postmaster, poet, reporter, and social reformer.

Robinson was well-known as a lecturer and writer in the press columns and was influential in the State of Maine.

[1] She was a granddaughter of Joseph Ketchum, one of the earliest settlers of Bridgewater, Maine, his son James being the first European child born in the town where Joseph Ketchum settled in this then uninhabited village of Aroostook County, Maine.

They were the parents of ten children: Adolphus, Salome, Samuel, Mary, Ann, James, Harriet, John Franklin, Jarvis, and Edward.

1857), a daughter by his first wife; Amber Elizabeth (married surname, Robinson); Leslie Mount (b.

Her total career spanned 52 years and included providing services as the postmaster of her city.

[3] A forcible writer,[1] Robinson was a reporter for various newspapers in Maine, including the Bangor Daily News and Presque Isle Star Herald.

[2] She was an engaging, fluent speaker, in demand on public occasions, who spoke on educational and religious subjects.

The Lewiston Daily Sun , 1924