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Josephine Baker My person is Josephine Baker. She was an entertainer that was born on June 3, 1906. She was born in ST. Missouri, Louisiana. She was known for her jazz singing. She was a singer/ dancer. During her life she had many accomplishments. Her first debut was when she on the Harlem stage, she later appeared on Broadway and throughout Europe. She was one of the highest paid entertainers at one point. She also appeared in many different films. Later on in her life when she married her first husband, Willie Wells in 1919, she left ST. Missouri, Louisiana with the Dixie steppers. She then marries her second husband, Willie Wells in 1921.In 1924 she stars in The Chocolate Dandies. In 1925 Josephine Baker sails to Paris, France, appears in New York City Plantation, and opens on October 2nd in La Revue Negre. In 1926, she debuts at the Folies-Bergere in Paris. In 1927 she publishes her 1st book, Les Memories de Josephine Baker; she also makes her first film called La Sirene des Tropiques. Josephine Baker launches her first world tour in 1928. In 1934 she stars in Jacques Offenbach’s operetta. Stars in Ziegfeld Follies in New York City, in 1936. Marries her 3rd husband Jean Lion; becomes a French citizen in 1937. During World War 2 in 1939 she was recruited to work for the French military intelligence. In Casablanca in 1941 she becomes seriously ill. In 1943 she begins touring to entertain allied troops. 1946 awarded the Medal of the Resistance with Rosette by the French government. Josephine Baker marries her 4th husband, Jo Bouillon in 1947purchases Les Milandes in the Dordogne Valley opens Les Milandes to the public in 1949. Josephine Baker day is held in Harlem on May 20; the Stork Club incident happens on October 16, 1951. One of the waiters at the Stork Club gave all her friends food but never gave her hers. 1952 Josephine serves as a representative of Argentina dictator Juan Peron. 1954 she adopts the first of her 12 children. January12, 1959 her mother Carrie McDonald dies. Stars in Paris Mes Amours at Paris’s Olympia Theater. 1961 named a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor by the French government. In 1963 she attends the March on Washington on the date of August 28. Josephine suffers a heart attack in1964. Josephine was evicted from Les Milandes; moves to Roqueburne, Monaco with her children.1973 she appears at the Carnegie Hall in New York City; suffers another heart attack. In 1975 opens in the recue Josephine at the Bobino in Paris on April 8 Josephine Baker died in Paris, France, after 14 Josephine’s. It was a couple of days after they honored her for her tremendous work. She died in her sleep from cerebral hemorrhage. It was April 12, 1975 when she died and she was at the age of 59. -BR 

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Josephine Baker, or her birth name Freda McDonald, was a dancer, singer, actress, and also a French spy. She was born June 3, 1906 in St. Louis, Missouri. Growing up Josephine didn’t have a father. Her father abandoned their family after Josephine was born. Her first marriage was with a man named Willie Wells and divorced him over the years. After divorcing another man, William Howard Baker, she became very intrigued with show business. She was offered a job, by Caroline Dudley, to go to Paris France and after some thought, Josephine said yes. After her rehearsals in Paris progressed, Caroline persuaded Josephine to dance nude since their business wasn’t going as well as they had expected. After careful thought, Josephine finally responded to Caroline with a yes. After a couple of months, the business became very popular to the public. Josephine became very promiscuous and greedy from all of the attention from her audience. Josephine won many awards, Legion of Honor and the Medallion to the City of Paris. Also, she tried to create a utopian society so the world would be a better place for everyone, but where she lived a utopian society would never exist. She later met a man named Giuseppe Abatino and together they opened a night club where she performed almost every night. For publicity for her new movie “I have two loves, my country and Paris”, she began walking a baby leopard around on a diamond embedded collar. After her leopard was big news, she let out the news that she also had a parakeet, a parrot, two rabbits, a snake and a baby pig. She became the most versatile entertainer performing on stage and in movies. She was also famous for her undercover work as a French spy. She was a part of the French resistance and tried another time to create another utopia, and once again, she failed. After Josephine’s life in the spotlight and also being one of the most paid dancers, she lost her passion for dancing. She went from “vulgarity” to vigor. Soon after this, her sister died from a self induced abortion and her father died in a mental institute. Years later, Josephine gave birth to a stillborn child in 1941. This event was the chain reaction to her 13 adopted children. They were named “The Rainbow Tribe” because they were all different races. Josephine settled her life here and died at the age of 59 in 1975. –JCM

Work cited: Baker, Jean Claude. Josephine Baker. Encyclopedia of Harlem Literary Renaissance. Print. 1993. 2/15/2011 ﻿None. Josephine Baker. Notable BLack American Women. Gale, 1992. Biography in Context. Web. 2/15/2011

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Josephine Baker was born as Freda Josephine McDonald on June 3, 1906 in St. Louis Missouri. She was the first daughter of Carrie McDonald and Eddie Carson. Her farther left her at the age of one. After her farther left, her mother had three other children by another man. At the age of 13, Josephine moved out of her parents’ home and became a waitress until she got married to a men name Willie Wells, but the marriage didn’t last long and she was back to serving tables. After her first divorce, she married again in 1920 to a men name Willie Baker and she kept his name. Josephine left her husband and moved to New York so that she could take a job working with the Dixie steppers.One of the girls from the chorus line recommeneded Josephine try out for the Sissle and Blake's Shuffle Along, but Baker got turned down because she was only 14.One of the girls from the production was too sick to do the how and Josephine had learned the songs and choragraphy, so she filled in for the other qirl and took her part. After the group slept up, she got a job with the Noble Sissle and Blakes show Shuffle Along. She took over the show and got the attention of some other producers.A frenetic dancer and relentless onstage clown, she quickly attracted notice and was tapped for a bigger part in another [|Sissle]/[|Blake] production, 1924's Chocolate Dandies..The show made her a star in New York and she became big in Harlem as well with performances at the Cotton Club and the Plantation Club, among others. In 1925,they offered her a part in a La Revun Negre. However, she had to travel to Paris. She decided to stay because they were open to new things and she could be herself. She went on to become an overnight sensation in France due to an exotic dance she did in the show. Josephine went on to make her mark in the world by being the first African American female to star in a motion picture she fought in the movement against racism during the civil right movement. However, she was accepted in the United States until 1973. Up until this time they did not approve of her style and she was not allowed in the United States. Josephine had 13 children who were all adopted from around the world. They were known as the rainbow tribe. She wanted people to see that everyone is equal and she treated all of her children equally. In the late 60’s and early 70’s, Josephine had health problems that kept her in and out of the hospitals. She died in 1975 of a stroke. Josephine Baker was a great lover of life and humanity and devoted herself to making the world a more hospitable place and securing a better future for its citizens. [|http://] [|www.cmgww.com/stars/baker/]