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Ransby, Barbara.
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Robeson, Eslanda Goode, 1896-1965.
Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976.
Women anthropologists -- United States -- Biography.
Anthropologists, Black -- United States -- Biography.
Anthropologists -- United States -- Biography
Anthropologists -- Biography.
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography
Human rights workers -- United States -- Biography.
Decolonization -- Africa -- History -- 20th century.
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Women, Black -- Biography.
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Ransby, Barbara.
Robeson, Eslanda Goode, 1896-1965.
Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976.
Women anthropologists -- United States -- Biography.
Anthropologists, Black -- United States -- Biography.
Anthropologists -- United States -- Biography
Anthropologists -- Biography.
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography
Human rights workers -- United States -- Biography.
Decolonization -- Africa -- History -- 20th century.
Women's rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Women, Black -- Biography.
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Eslanda : the large and unconventional life of Mrs. Paul Robeson / Barbara Ransby.
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Ransby, Barbara.
Yale University Press, c2013.
Call #:
301
.092
R653r
Subjects
Robeson, Eslanda Goode, 1896-1965.
Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976.
Women anthropologists -- United States -- Biography.
Anthropologists, Black -- United States -- Biography.
Anthropologists -- United States -- Biography
Anthropologists -- Biography.
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography
Human rights workers -- United States -- Biography.
Decolonization -- Africa -- History -- 20th century.
Women's rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Women, Black -- Biography.
ISBN:
9780300124347 (hc.)
0300124341 (hc.)
Description:
xiii, 373 p., [35] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-347) and index.
Contents:
Growing up along the color line, 1895-1918 -- A Harlem love story, 1919-1927 -- Onto the world stage, 1920s -- Remapping a marriage, career, and worldview, 1927-1933 -- Becoming a writer and anthropologist, 1930s -- Africa at last, 1936 -- Madrid to Moscow, political commitments deepen, 1936-1939 -- Returning home and finding a new voice, 1939-1945 -- Into the Congo, 1946 -- American arguments, 1946-1950 -- The United Nations and a world political family, 1950-1956 -- Standing tall: the Cold War and politics of repression, 1950s -- A failing body and a hopeful heart, 1958-1961 -- Always the fighter: a pen as her weapon, 1961-1965.
Summary:
"Eslanda "Essie" Cardozo Goode Robeson lived a colorful and amazing life. She was a woman of unusual accomplishment -- an anthropologist, a prolific journalist, a tireless advocate of women's rights, an outspoken anti-colonial and antiracist activist, and an internationally sought-after speaker. Yet historians for the most part have confined Essie to the role of Mrs. Paul Robeson, a wife hidden in the large shadow cast by her famous husband. Biographer Barbara Ransby refocuses attention on Essie, one of the most important and fascinating Black women of the twentieth century. The book explores her influence on her husband's early career and how she later achieved her own unique political voice. Essie's friendships with a host of literary icons and world leaders, her renown as a fierce defender of justice, her defiant testimony before Senator Joseph McCarthy's infamous anti-communist committee, and her unconventional open marriage that endured for over 40 years -- all are brought to light in the pages of this inspiring biography. Essie's indomitable personality shines through, as do her contributions to United States and twentieth-century world history"--Provided by publisher.
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