Helen M. Roberts

Helen M. Roberts
Helen M. Roberts
	c. 1945
Born	January 20, 1896; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died	June 22, 1983 (aged 87); Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Multilingual literacy educator, writer, photographer
Spouse	Jewell A. Roberts (m. 1916; died 1952)
Children	Howard Emery, Walter Kenneth, Ethel Muriel, Lawrence, Blasing, Donald Van Norman

Helen Marguerite (Emery) Roberts (January 20, 1896 – June 22, 1983) was an American writer, photographer, and multilingual educator. From 1958 to 1975, she battled illiteracy in Africa, teaching reading, writing, health and Christian religion to thousands of illiterate adults. In the course of her African work, she mentored and sponsored many promising young Africans, encouraging them to pursue higher education, including Barack H. Obama, the father of President of the United States Barack Obama.^[1]^[2]

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Helen M. Roberts
c. 1945
Born	(1896-01-20)January 20, 1896 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died	June 22, 1983(1983-06-22) (aged 87) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Multilingual literacy educator, writer, photographer
Spouse	Jewell A. Roberts (m. 1916; died 1952)
Children	Howard Emery, Walter Kenneth, Ethel Muriel, Lawrence, Blasing, Donald Van Norman

Helen M. Roberts

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