Andrew B. Robbins’ eldest daughter Edith Robbins, attended prep school at Macalester and Carleton Colleges, and then went on to graduate with a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Minnesota in 1894, and a Master of Arts in 1896. She taught school in Robbinsdale and Minneapolis before taking a position as the principal of Madelia High School in southern Minnesota. In 1920, school book publishers Ginn and Company of Boston, with the assistance of the director of the Department of Public School Music in Minneapolis, discovered verses written by Edith during her time as a teacher. They hired her as a contributor and adviser on the publication of a series of school music readers used throughout the country. In 1923 she was elected to the Robbinsdale School Board, Edith was elected time and again. She served twenty-three years as the School Board Clerk and Director of Schools. Edith actively participated in her father’s business for many years. After her father’s death in 1910, Edith became the executor of his estate and carried forward Robbins’ plans for developing Robbinsdale into a beautiful suburb bearing the family name.