Barbara Ransby

Barbara Ransby (born May 12, 1957) is a writer, historian, professor, and activist.[1][2] She attended Columbia University, where she graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1984, and completed her Master's degree and PhD from the University of Michigan.[2] Ransby is a professor of African-American studies and Gender and Women's Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago.[3]

Ransby was elected president of the National Women's Studies Association for a two-year term, which began in November 2016.[4][5] She is a supporter of the Movement for Black Lives.[6]

Bibliography

Books

  • Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision (2003, UNC Press)[7][8][9][10][11][12]
  • Eslanda: The Large and Unconventional Life of Mrs. Paul Robeson (2013, Yale Press)[13][14][15]
  • Making All Black Lives Matter: Reimagining Freedom in the Twenty-First Century (2018, University of California Press)[16][17]

Select articles

  • "Suffocate Black Women Voices" (1991)

References

  1. ↑ "Barbara Ransby | The HistoryMakers". www.thehistorymakers.org. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
  2. 1 2 "Barbara Ransby". aast.uic.edu. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
  3. ↑ "Barbara Ransby". gws.uic.edu. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
  4. ↑ "Barbara Ransby Elected President of the National Women's Studies Association". The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education. 2016-10-31. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
  5. ↑ "Professor Barbara Ransby Elected President of The National Women's Studies Association (NWSA)". aast.uic.edu. 2016-11-23. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
  6. ↑ Belsha, Kalyn (2016-07-19). "Black Lives Matter builds on history of black organizing". Chicago Reporter. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
  7. ↑ Clarke, Cheryl (2006-09). "Book ReviewElla Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision. By Barbara  Ransby. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2003". Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society. 32 (1): 283–285. doi:10.1086/505545. ISSN 0097-9740. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. ↑ Payne, Charles; Ransby, Barbara (2004). "Review of Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement. A Radical Democratic Vision, RansbyBarbara". Southern Cultures. 10 (3): 106–108.
  9. ↑ Esty, Amos (2003). "Review of Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision". The North Carolina Historical Review. 80 (4): 503–504.
  10. ↑ Tate, Gayle T. (2004-01). "Barbara Ransby, Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision". The Journal of African American History. 89 (1): 80–82. doi:10.2307/4134048. ISSN 1548-1867. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  11. ↑ Fleming, Cynthia Griggs (2004). "Review of Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision". The Journal of Southern History. 70 (4): 966–967. doi:10.2307/27648630.
  12. ↑ Nasstrom, Kathryn L. (2004-09-01). "Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision. By Barbara Ransby. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2003. xxii, 470 pp. $34.95, ISBN 0-8078-2778-9.)". Journal of American History. 91 (2): 708–708. doi:10.2307/3660840. ISSN 0021-8723.
  13. ↑ Leighton, Jared (2014). "Review of ESLANDA: The Large and Unconventional Life of Mrs. Paul Robeson". American Studies. 53 (3): 108–109.
  14. ↑ Washington, Mary Helen (2013). Ransby, Barbara, ed. "Not Just the Wife of Her Husband". The Women's Review of Books. 30 (5): 3–5.
  15. ↑ Maurel, Chloé (2014). "Review of Eslanda : The Large and Unconventional Life of Mrs. Paul Robeson". Vingtième Siècle. Revue d'histoire (123): 250–251.
  16. ↑ "Nonfiction Book Review: Making All Black Lives Matter: Reimagining Freedom in the 21st Century by Barbara Ransby. Univ. of California". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2018-08-07.
  17. ↑ SANDERS, JOSHUNDA (July 30, 2018). "Five Years In, Hearing the Voices of Black Lives Matter". Village Voice. Retrieved 2018-08-07.


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