Elizabeth Robins

Elizabeth Robins is an American actress, writer, and suffragette. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, Robins moved to London in 1888 where she worked with theatre legends Oscar Wilde and Henrick Ibsen. Her most notable acting credits include A Doll’s House and Hedda Gabler, which defined her as one of the top actresses of her time. Eventually, Robins realized that her acting income was not sustainable and she began writing novels, including Magnetic North, Come and Find Me and The New Moon under the pseudonym C. E. Raimond, in an attempt to keep her writing and acting personas separate. In the early 1900s, Robins became a popular advocate for the suffragette movement and, in 1906 abandoned her current projects to work on the very first suffrage drama Votes for Women. She became a member of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies, as well as the Women's Social and Political Union and became synonymous with forwarding women’s right to vote.