Roberta Lawson (née Campbell; 1878 – 1940) was a Lenape (Native American)-Scots-Irish activist, community organizer, and musician. During World War I, she was the head of the Women's Division of the Oklahoma Council of Defense. She was president of the Oklahoma State Federation of Women's Clubs, organized to support community welfare and educational goals. As music chairman of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, in 1926, she wrote Indian Music Programs for clubs and special days of celebration. In 1935 she was elected president of the General Federation. She served a three-year term leading its two million members to work toward "uniform marriage and divorce laws, birth control, and civic service."
Roberta L. Jamieson, OC is a Canadian lawyer and First Nations activist. She was the first Indigenous woman ever to earn a law degree in Canada, the first non-Parliamentarian to be appointed an ex officio member of a House of Commons committee, and the first woman appointed as Ontario Ombudsman.
Roberta Tamondong is a Filipino actress, model, and a beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Binibining Pilipinas Grand International 2022. She represented the Philippines at the Miss Grand International 2022 competition held on 25 October 2022 at Sentul International Convention Center in Bogor Regency of West Java province, Indonesia and finished as 5th Runner-Up. She was previously crowned Miss Eco Teen International 2020.
Dr Roberta Anne 'Bobbie' Vaile (1959 – 1996) was an Australian astrophysicist and senior lecturer in physics at the Faculty of Business and Technology at the University of Western Sydney, Macarthur. She was involved with Project Phoenix (a SETI experiment) and influential in the establishment of the SETI Australia Centre, created at the university in 1995.
It's a bit outdated now, but I personally like it. It reminds me of Bobby (shortened form of Roberta) from the Railway Children, by E. Nesbit.
― Anonymous User 12/24/2020
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Roberta Battaglia who is 11 right now, is known for the 15th season on America's got talent. She sang, got the golden buzzer from Sofia Vergara and came in 5th place overall. Now she is known for instagram and youtube.
Roberta is the name of a main character played by Christina Ricci in the 1995 movie "Now and Then" And also, the baby sister in the 2010 movie "Ramona and Beezus" (based on the Beverly Cleary book series) was named Roberta.
Roberta is the main character in the children's novel 'The Railway Children,' though she abbreviates it to Bobby. I like this name because it is unusual, both tomboyish and feminine, and as I love the book and film it has good associations for me.