Clara Melissa Robison (1882 - 1928)

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Thomas & Lydia (Troutman) Robison

Albert D. Robison, Utah 1944 Bronze Star

Chloe Robison, Utah 1935

Chloe Robison, Utah 1934

Chloe Robison, Utah 1935

Chloe Robison, Utah 1935

Amelia Robison with Baby Chloe

Ameila Lamb Robison

George Alvin Robison

Daniel Robison Captain of the 9th Handcart Co of 1860.

Wash, Mollie, Mama

William & Bessie (Clinton) Robison & Myrtle

Uncle Walter &Aunt Estel

Mary Jane "Mollie" Gardner Robison

William Henry Robison

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In 1882, in the year that Clara Melissa Robison was born, on March 22nd, the Edmunds Act - passed by Congress - made polygamy a felony. The Act also banned "bigamous" relationships and "unlawful cohabitation", making it illegal for polygamists and those who simply lived together without marrying to vote, be on a jury, or hold a public office.

In 1896, when she was merely 14 years old, on January 4th, Utah became the 45th state in the United States. After the LDS Church banned polygamy in 1890, Utah's application for statehood became acceptable to Congress and the Utah Territory became Utah..

In 1908, Clara was 26 years old when unemployment in the U.S. was at 8.0% and the cost of a first-class stamp was 2 cents while the population in the United States was 88,710,000. The world population was almost 4.4 billion.

In 1917, she was 35 years old when in April, the U.S. entered World War I, declaring war against Germany. President Wilson had previously declared neutrality in the war - a position supported by the majority of Americans - but after Germany declared that they would sink all ships trading with Great Britain and sunk U.S. ships, public opinion began to change. Then the Lusitania was sunk, killing 1,201 - including 128 Americans - and more U.S. ships were sunk. The U.S. could stand aside no longer.

In 1928, in the year of Clara Melissa Robison's passing, aviatrix Amelia Earhart, age 31, became the first woman to fly solo across North America and back in August. In June, she had been part of a 3 man crew that flew the Atlantic Ocean but since she had no instrument training, she couldn't fly the plane - she kept the flight log. The North American flight became one of her many "firsts" as a female pilot.