18 Facts About Judith Robinson

Judith Robinson was a Canadian journalist, feminist and activist.

Judith Robinson was known as 'Brad' by family and friends.

Judith Robinson specialized in social causes, particularly pushing for help for the underprivileged, wounded veterans or victims of short-sighted bureaucracy.

Judith Robinson was the author of a well-known biography Tom Cullen of Baltimore about the leading Canadian gynecologist and cancer surgeon, Thomas Stephen Cullen.

Judith Robinson was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in 1897.

Judith Robinson was the daughter of John Robinson a former editor of The Telegram.

In 1932, Judith Robinson traveled to England and freelanced for The Globe at $6 a column.

Judith Robinson covered special events, and soon after was writing a daily front-page column under her own byline.

Judith Robinson was an instigator and main proponent of the drive to collect money to open the John Frank house in Toronto, which offered shelter in Toronto for those who had none.

Judith Robinson wrote a scathing article about Canadian troops at Camp Borden drilling for tank warfare by having six men holding a rope to represent the tank while the men inside the perimeter tried to prepare themselves to face the real thing.

Judith Robinson began publishing a new weekly newspaper, News.

Golden wrote at the close of News in 1946: Judith Robinson founded News to help better prosecute the war.

Judith Robinson was the spur behind the women's committee which filled hundreds of petitions and shamed the Government into building Sunnybrook Hospital for the returning veterans.

Judith Robinson had become a regular contributor to Chatelaine when in 1953 she joined The Telegram as the Ottawa columnist for the paper's new Op-Ed "page 7", a position she held till her death.

Judith Robinson died suddenly on December 17,1961 of a heart attack.

Judith Robinson was buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery following a private funeral at her Toronto home.

Judith Robinson travelled back and forth between Toronto and Baltimore over the course of three years to research and write the book.

In 1976 Judith Robinson was named posthumously named to the Canadian News Hall of Fame by the Toronto Press Club.