Eslanda "Essie" Cardozo Goode Robeson

Born: 1896

Died: 1965

Country of Birth: USA

Nationality: USA

Ethnicity: Black

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign-no degree transferred to Columbia; Columbia University BS Chemistry; London School of Economics MS Anthropology 1963; Hartford Seminary PhD Anthropology 1946

Field of Study: Chemistry; Anthropologist Author; Political Activist

Institution/Corporation: NY Presbyterian Hospital

Degrees & Memberships: Member: Progressive Party Council on African Affairs The Sojuourners for Truth & Justice

Awards: 1963 Clara Zetkin Medal Germany

Achievements: wife & business manager of Paul Robeson; on House Unamerican Activities Committee (UHUAC) black-list & surveilled by FBI; 1st African-American head histological chemist of surgical pathology at NY Presbyterian Hospital