Sara Weeks was born in
St. Albans, Vermont, January 29, 1865. She was the daughter of Hiram Bellows and Sarah M. (Burgess) Weeks. She was educated in the public schools of that city before attending
Emerson College of Oratory,
Boston,[3] where she was a student in the regular and post-graduate courses.[4]
Roberts was the president of the
National Library for the Blind; vice-president, Board of Lady Managers, National Homeopathic Hospital, Washington, D.C.; hon. vice president, Consumers' League. Washington, D.C.; member Massachusetts Suffrage Association; and president, Chelsea Woman's, Congressional, of Washington, D.C. She was a member of the Universalist church;[4] and had homes in Chelsea, Washington, D.C., and
Rockport, Massachusetts.[3]