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Alice Mary Robertson (January 2, 1854 – July 1, 1931) was an American educator, social worker, government official, and politician who became the second woman to serve in the United States Congress, and the first from the state of Oklahoma. Robertson was the first woman to defeat an incumbent congressman. She was known for her strong personality, commitment to Native American issues, and an anti-feminist stance. Until the election of Mary Fallin in 2006, Robertson was the only female member of Congress to serve the state of Oklahoma. == Education, teaching, and early public service == Robertson was born at the Tullahassee Mission in Creek Nation, Indian Territory, to William Schenck Robertson and Ann Eliza Worcester, who were missionaries. Her maternal grandfather was Samuel Worcester, a long-time missionary to the Cherokees. The 1860 United States Census〔1860 United States Federal Census--- Name: Mary A Robertson Age in 1860: 7 Birth Year: abt 1853 Birthplace: Creek Nation Home in 1860: Creek Nation, Indian Lands, Arkansas Gender: Female Post Office: Creek Agency 〕 shows the family living in Creek Nation, Indian Lands, Arkansas. Her parents were missionaries to the Creek Nation. They translated many works into the Creek language, including the Bible. In early life, Mary Alice Robertson was self-taught under the supervision of her parents. She attended Elmira College, in Elmira, New York. Robertson started working as a clerk in the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) in Washington, D.C. (1873 to 1879). She returned to the Indian Territory and taught briefly in the school at Tullahassee. Later she taught at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania from 1880 to 1882. After returning to the Indian Territory, Robertson established the Nuyaka Mission, which was run by Presbyterians reporting to the Creek Council. She taught in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, where she had charge of a Presbyterian boarding school for Native American girls. It eventually developed into Henry Kendall College and then the University of Tulsa. Robertson was appointed by the BIA as the first government supervisor of Creek Indian schools, and she served from 1900 to 1905. She was next appointed by Pres. Theodore Roosevelt to be the postmaster of Muskogee, Oklahoma from 1905 to 1913, making her the country's first female postmaster of a Class A post office.〔http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/R/RO004.html〕 Her canteen service to the troops during World War I was the start of the Muskogee Chapter of the American Red Cross. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alice Mary Robertson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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