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Ransby, Barbara.
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Robeson, Eslanda Goode, 1896-1965.
Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976.
Women anthropologists -- United States -- Biography.
African American anthropologists -- Biography.
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Eslanda : the large and unconventional life of Mrs. Paul Robeson / Barbara Ransby.
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Ransby, Barbara.
New Haven : Yale University Press, c2013.
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Robeson, Eslanda Goode, 1896-1965.
Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976.
Women anthropologists -- United States -- Biography.
African American anthropologists -- Biography.
ISBN:
9780300124347 (cloth : alk. paper) :
0300124341 (cloth : alk. paper)
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xiii, 373 p., [35] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm.
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.
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Chronicles the eventful life of the anthropologist, journalist, and women's rights advocate, exploring her world travels, friendships with notables and world leaders, and defiant McCarthy committee testimony.
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Hawaii State Library
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301.092 Robeson Ra
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