Alice M. Gram Robinson

(1895-1984) born in Omaha. Editor, publisher, founder of the Congressional Digest in 1921, served as publisher and president of the pro-and-con monthly magazine until her retirement in 1983, co-founder of Women's National Press Club in 1919 (which changed to the Washington Press Club, then merged in 1985 with the National Press Club), and worked for passage of 19th Amendment. Consult Washington Post obituary, January 26, 1984, p. C-6 and Congressional Digest, 1997 Annual Cumulative Index, p. 1 and Reliable Sources: The National Press Club in the American Century (1997).

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