Raymond Robins was an American economist and writer.
10 Facts About Raymond Robins
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Raymond Robins was an advocate of organized labor and diplomatic relations between the United States and Russia under the Bolsheviks.
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Raymond Robins was born on 17 September 1873 in Staten Island, New York.
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Raymond Robins joined the Klondike gold rush in 1897, where he made some money, converted to Christianity, and became pastor for a Congregational church in Nome, Alaska.
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Raymond Robins engaged in social work there 1902 to 1905, and was a member of the Chicago Board of Education from 1906 to 1909.
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In 1905 Raymond Robins married Margaret Dreier, an independently wealthy labor activist who was president of the Women's Trade Union League.
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In 1909, Raymond Robins attended a Labor Day parade in St Louis, Missouri, after which he was interviewed by reporter and writer Marguerite Martyn.
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Raymond Robins was leader of the National Christian Social Evangelistic campaign in 1915.
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Raymond Robins became identified with the Progressive Party and served as chairman of the State Central Committee.
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On 3 September 1932, Raymond Robins was traveling from the City Club in Manhattan to the White House, where he was supposed to meet with Herbert Hoover to discuss the urgent need for stronger enforcement of the Prohibition, a case Raymond Robins had been making over the past nine months on a 286-city tour.