Robin, Eva

Eva Robin was born in Russia around 1877 and came to the US with her family when she was six years old; grew up in NY and later moved to Wilmington, DE, after her marriage to Dr. Albert Robin; she visited Russia twice during the 1930s; president, Delaware Equal Suffrage Association; president, National Council of Jewish Women in Wilmington; she was also involved in the Marshall Stillman Movement.

Biography

Eva Robin was born in Russia around 1877 and came to the U.S. with her family when she was six years old; grew up in New York and later moved to Wilmington, Delaware, after her marriage to Dr. Albert Robin; she visited Russia twice during the 1930s; president, Delaware Equal Suffrage Association; president, National Council of Jewish Women in Wilmington; she was also involved in the Marshall Stillman Movement.

Biographical Narrative

Eva Robin was born in Russia around 1877 and emigrated to the United States with her parents and sisters when she was 6 years old. She grew up in New York and later moved to Wilmington, Delaware after her marriage to Dr. Albert Robin. He was noted for his work in pathology and bacteriology and was personal physician to the Du Ponts.

Eva Robin was actively involved in the social issues of the day. The areas which concerned her most were child welfare and prison reform. She was President of the Delaware Equal Suffrage Association, President of the National Council of Jewish Women in Wilmington and was also involved with the Marshall Stillman Movement. In these and other capacities, she made an extensive number of speeches, wrote a great number of articles and sent letters to the newspapers. Much of this material is present in the collection. It makes an important contribution to an understanding of the early women's rights movement and to the social milieu of the early 20th century.

During the 1930's, Mrs. Robin became greatly interested in the communist system of Soviet Russia. She made two visits to Russia and during her stay kept detailed diaries of her observations. The Russian material in this collection is comprised of these diaries along with correspondence, essays and memorabilia. It is useful for an American viewpoint of Stalinist Russia.

One of Eva Robin's elder sisters was the mother of author Guy Endore. The collection is a gift of Mrs. Guy Endore.