Jane E. Robbins
1860 - 1946
Jane E. Robbins was a noted welfare worker and pioneer in settlement work.
A Wethersfield native, she graduated from Smith College and the Woman’s Medical College of the New York Infirmary for Women and Children.
Settlement Work
In 1889, Robbins and other graduates of prestigious women’s colleges opened College Settlement on Rivington Street on the Lower East Side of New York.
Part of the settlement house movement, reformers provided educational and social services to immigrants and low-income families.
Robbins served as a head worker of the settlement and as physician in the Italian district. She was later involved in settlement work in Baltimore and Denver.
War Work
Robbins served as a nurse during the Spanish American War.
During World War I, she went to Italy with the Red Cross. There she ministered to the children of Italian soldiers.
As a member of the American Women’s Hospital, she cared for refugees of the Turkish Rebellion in Greece from 1927 to 1929.
Location:
Section 12, Lot 31
References:
Hartford Courant, “Dr. Robbins Noted Social Worker Dies.” August 17, 1946
New York Times, “Dr. Jane E. Robbins.” August 17, 1946
Photo Credit:
Jane E. Robbins, Public Domain