Roberta Lawson

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.

She served a three-year term leading its two million members to work toward "uniform marriage and divorce laws, birth control, and civic service.

While she served as president from 1935 to 1938, she led the General Federation's two million members in goals of "uniform marriage and divorce laws, birth control, and civic service."

[2] She also belonged to local music and women's clubs in Tulsa and the city's First Presbyterian Church, as well as the Daughters of the American Revolution, a heritage organization.

In her life, Lawson is remembered for spending 35 years total in club work, and changing her communities such as Tulsa, Nowata, and in general Oklahoma for the better.