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	Josephine Baker profile bio
		A dancer, singer, actress and a comedian all in one, Josephine Baker was the first fl female entertainer to break through racial prejudice in Europe and the United States.
		Josephine sought to prove that "children of different ethnicities and religions could be brothers".
		In 1936, Baker went to the United States where the conservative audience and the critics refused to welcome a fl woman, despite of her being a major celebrity in Europe.
	www.harlemlive.org /shethang/profiles/josephinebaker/jbaker.html (897 words)

	Josephine Baker
		Josephine Baker was born in a poor, Black slum in East St. Louis, Illinois, on June 3, 1906, to 21-year-old Carrie MacDonald.
		At the age of eight Josephine was hired out to a white woman as a maid; she was forced to sleep in the coal cellar with a pet dog and was scalded on the hands when she used too much soap in the laundry.
		While he was alive, Abatino helped Josephine evolve from a mere eccentric dancer to integrating her songs and speech and dance in performances; from being "the highest-paid chorus girl in vaudeville" to being "one of the high-paid stars in the world," in part by controlling her scripts and the first two volumes of her memoirs.
	www.edwardsly.com /baker.htm (1846 words)

	Josephine Baker
		Josephine Baker was born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1906.
		Josephine's star continued to rise in the 1930s and she became one of the biggest stars in France.
		Josephine continued to perform in the 1950s and 1960s until she suffered a heart attack in 1964.
	www.redhotjazz.com /josephinebaker.html (643 words)

	Josephine Baker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Josephine Baker, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1949.
		Josephine Baker (June 3, 1906 - April 12, 1975), born Freda Josephine McDonald, was an American-French dancer, actress and singer, sometimes known as "The Black Venus".
		During this time, when Baker returned to the United States, she was allegedly at a dinner party and began to speak in French as well as English with a French accent.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Josephine_Baker (1339 words)

	Super Hero - Josephine Baker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In a 1975 interview, Baker said she was never a great artist, but she was a woman who believed in art and the idea of international brotherhood so much that she put everything she had into them.
		Baker was first married at age 13 to Willie Baker, then she joined a band and traveling show.
		Baker, who had said she wanted to die at the end of a dance, died in Paris in April 1975 after performances celebrating the 50th anniversary of her arrival in Paris.
	www.black-collegian.com /issues/35thAnn/baker.shtml (622 words)

	Josephine Baker
		At age 13, Baker left her parents' house and got a job as a waitress.
		Baker was back in France in 1954, with the intention of raising a family of ethnically diverse children that she had brought to France from her tours around the world.
		Although Baker's life was full of struggles to overcome the difficulties and limitations, she lived her life passionately.
	nebrot.tripod.com /baker.html (717 words)

	Josephine Baker
		Josephine Baker was born in St. Louis, Missouri.
		Baker is considered to be one of the most sensual performers of all times.
		Josephine Baker by Josephine Baker and Jo Boullion
	www.alstewart.com /history/jbaker.htm (441 words)

	S. Josephine Baker
		Josephine Baker (1873-1945) Sara Josephine Baker was born on November 15, 1873 in Poughkeepsie, New York.
		When Baker was sixteen, her father died of typhoid which he had contracted from Poughkeepsie's drinking water.
		Discovering that the family finances were ruinous, Baker's mother nevertheless managed to pull together enough money to send her daughter to school, and in 1898 Baker received her MD from the Women's Medical College of the New York Infirmary for Women and Children.
	www.queertheory.com /histories/b/baker_s_josephine.htm (684 words)

	Josephine Baker
		Josephine Baker, the Jazz Age, African-American performers in 1920s Paris--all are vividly captured in French artist Paul Colin's limited-edition portfolio of 45 lithographs titled "Le Tumulte noir".
		When graphic designer Paul Colin published a limited edition of lithographs he'd made of dancer Josephine Baker and her revue in Paris in 1927, the French fascination with American jazz musicians and dancers was at its peak--and the 500 hand-colored copies quickly sold out.
		Baker, a singer who found fame in 1920s Paris, her albums include: This Is Paris, Josephine Chante Paris and Josephine Baker: Paris Mes Amours.
	www.queertheory.com /histories/b/baker_josephine.htm (407 words)

	African American Registry: Josephine Baker, international entertainer
		Baker was born Freda Josephine MacDonald in St. Louis.
		Baker never had biological children, but she adopted ten sons and two daughters of various races and nationalities.
		Baker eventually ran into debt, her health began to decline, and she suffered two heart attacks and a stroke.
	www.aaregistry.com /african_american_history/919/Josephine_Baker_international_entertainer (390 words)

	Le Tumulte Noir
		According to her son and biographer, Jean-Claude Baker, this exotic costume was probably designed by Monsieur Christian, companion of the preeminent couturier Paul Poiret.
		Baker wore the original skirt of satin bananas that swung freely about her hips when she starred in her own show at the popular Folies-Bergère music hall in 1926.
		In her role as Fatou, set in a jungle, Baker descended to the stage by climbing backwards down a tree.
	www.npg.si.edu /exh/noir/broch3.htm (1400 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Features -- Film screening salutes Josephine Baker
		In celebration of Baker's centennial, the University of California San Diego is screening her 1927 French film, “La Sirèn des Tropiques,” (“Siren of the Tropics”) Sunday at the Geisel Library.
		The presentation is part of “Josephine Baker in Art and Life,” a collection of photographs, letters and memorabilia, on exhibit on the lower level of the library through March 20.
		Her career cut short by France's entry into World War II in 1939, Baker became a member of the the bureau of counterespionage for Free France, the oppositional government under Gen. Charles de Gaulle, and was a sub-lieutenant in the French Air Force.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/features/20060310-9999-1c10baker.html (702 words)

	Josephine Baker - Paris Sensation - French Culture
		Variously referred to as “Black Velvet,” the “Black Pearl,” and “Creole Goddess,” Josephine Baker took the Paris stage by storm in the 1920’s with her sensual - yet accessible - appeal.
		Born Freda Josephine Carson in St. Louis, Missouri, on June 3, 1906 to washerwoman Carrie McDonald and vaudeville drummer Eddie Carson, her father abandoned her family shortly after she was born.
		Eventually, Josephine traveled to Paris and it became a turning point in her career.
	www.bellaonline.com /articles/art8379.asp (614 words)

	Josephine Baker
		And independent woman, Josephine married four times first to Willie Wells (very brief), them to American Willie Baker in 192, Frenchman Jean Lion in 1937 (through whom she became a French citizen) and French orchestra leader Jo Bouillon in 1947 (who was with her when she adopted 12 children).
		Josephine baker was probably the most photographed woman of her times, probably more so than Gloria Swanson and Mary Pickford.
		Josephine also participated in the 1963 March on Washington, and later that year gave a benefit concert at Carnegie Hall for the NAACP, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE).
	www.nathanielturner.com /josephinebaker.htm (561 words)

	Josephine Baker biography
		FAMILY BACKGROUND: Josephine Baker's mother was Carrie McDonald and her father was Eddie Carson.
		Josephine's first husband was Willie Wells; her second husband was Willie Baker; her third husband was Jean Lion; and, her fourth husband was orchestra leader Jo Bouillon.
		Josephine was decorated for her undercover work for the French Resistance during World War II.
	www.lkwdpl.org /wihohio/bake-jos.htm (232 words)

	Josephine Baker - Image and Icon
		The History of Jazz Galleries at The Sheldon Art Galleries will be the setting for a major exhibition celebrating the life and career of Josephine Baker from April 28 to August 26, 2006.
		The exhibition will contain sections on Josephine Baker's early years with Sissle and Blake and other African-American productions, her years as a star in Paris in the 1920s and 1930s, and her later participation in the French resistance during World War II and her important contributions to the civil rights movement in America.
		Bring your group or organization to see the exhibition Josephine Baker: Image and Icon between April 28 and August 26, 2006 and combine your group visit with a reception, meeting or dinner in one of our two Ballrooms or the Kemper Atrium adjacent to the Galleries.
	www.sheldonconcerthall.org /baker.asp (571 words)

	Amazon.com: Josephine Baker Story: Video: Lynn Whitfield,Rubén Blades,David Dukes,Louis Gossett Jr.,Craig T. ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		You hear about what a sensation someone like Josephine Baker was in her prime (in her case, the 1920s and '30s), how she pushed boundaries in such delicate areas as race and sex, how she both thrilled and scandalized Paris with her exotic dancing and personal behavior.
		THE JOSEPHINE BAKER STORY is a fast-forward, 2-hour plus life synopsis of the celebrated fl entertainer from 1917, when she was eleven and running from murderous racial violence in St. Louis, to her death in 1975 in Paris.
		Baker was probably a mediocre dancer and probably a less than mediocre vocalist, she was truly a sensational entertainer.
	www.amazon.com /Josephine-Baker-Story-Brian-Gibson/dp/6302555337 (2636 words)

	SARA JOSEPHINE BAKER: PHYSICIAN AND PUBLIC HEALTH WORKER
		Josephine Baker helped to establish some of the first programs in preventative medicine and public health.
		Baker told the mayor that the letter was a compliment to the Bureau.
		Josephine Baker's success in reducing infant sickness and mortality obviously created some enemies for her.
	www.harvardsquarelibrary.org /unitarians/baker.html (1884 words)

	Jazz/Jerry Jazz Musician/Josephine Baker biographer Ean Wood interview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Josephine Baker was about as wild and nonconforming as they come, as well as being a magnificent entertainer.
		Baker's trip to South America awakened her to the specter of racism being a worldwide problem.
		As a result of the racism she encountered throughout her life, Baker's desire was to adopt children from all walks of life and all races, referring to them as her "Rainbow Tribe".
	www.jerryjazzmusician.com /mainHTML.cfm?page=eanwood.html (4086 words)

	ksl.com - Utah's Online Source for Local News & Information St. Louis Childhood Shaped Josephine Baker (via CobWeb/3.1 ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In her autobiography, "Josephine," Baker wrote that she found her neighborhood "terribly exciting," especially when local musicians would gather to play accordion, banjo or harmonica in the streets.
		Baker had been a "very precocious, determined little girl," who desired an idyllic, fairy-tale life at a young age, said Olivia Lahs-Gonzales, curator of "Josephine Baker: Image and Icon," an exhibit at The Sheldon Art Galleries in St. Louis that moves to the National Portrait Gallery in November.
		In 1952, Baker performed in St. Louis on the condition that seating be within the financial reach of its poorest citizens.
	www.ksl.com.cob-web.org:8888 /?nid=154&sid=321625 (891 words)

	Josephine Baker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Baker, who began her legendary fifty-year career as an entertainer in Harlem night clubs, appeared with the Revue Negre in Paris, becoming the sensation of Europe.
		Baker performed in numerous films, operettas, and revues.
		During World War II she was active in the French Resistance, receiving the Croix de Guerre, the Legion of Honor, and the Rosette of the Resistance.
	www.english.ilstu.edu /351/hypertext98/hankins/african/Baker.html (95 words)

	Josephine Baker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Josephine Baker is famous for singing and dancing.
		Baker was born June 3, 1906, she died on April 12, 1975.
		We remember Josephine Baker for her singing and dancing.
	www2.lhric.org /pocantico/womenenc/baker.htm (124 words)

	ArtandCulture Artist: Josephine Baker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		A protégé of dancers Eubie Blake and Noble Sissel, 15-year-old Josephine Baker began her career on the vaudeville circuits, touring with Bessie Smith as a chorus girl.
		After Broadway appearances in "Shuffle Along" (1921) -- which marked the advent of the fl theatrical renaissance, and "Chocolate Dandies," she traveled to Paris with La Revue Negre (1925) and took the city by storm as the incarnation of le jazz hot.
		Josephine Baker and la Revue Negre: Paul Colin's Lithographs of Letumulte Noir in Paris, 1927
	www.artandculture.com /cgi-bin/WebObjects/ACLive.woa/wa/artist?id=318 (157 words)

	Josephine Baker — Infoplease.com
		Josephine Baker - Josephine Baker singer, dancer Born: 6/3/1906 Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri African-American...
		Josephine Baker - Singer/Dancer, born 3 June 1906, African-American expatriate singer and dancer
		Busby, Baker, and the Ballerina: a parade of new releases on DVD.(The Busby Berkeley Collection Footlight Parade)(The Josephine Baker......
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0805811.html (263 words)

	Josephine Baker - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Josephine Baker - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Baker, Josephine (1906-1975), American-born French dancer and singer whose fame reflected the Parisian passion for African American music and dance...
		Black musical theater, derived from minstrel shows, continued to popularize and legitimize fl dance traditions and fl performers, as it had in...
	encarta.msn.com /Josephine_Baker.html (109 words)

	Portrait of Josephine Baker (Getty Museum) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In 1925 Josephine Baker, an American dancer from Saint Louis, Missouri, made her debut on the Paris stage in La Revue nègre (The Black Review) at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, wearing nothing more than a skirt of feathers and performing her danse sauvage (savage dance).
		She was an immediate sensation in Jazz-Age France, which celebrated her perceived exoticism, quite the opposite of the reception she had received dancing in American choruses.
		Given the highly sexual nature of her stage persona, this portrait is charming and almost innocent; Baker's personality is suggested by her face rather than her famous body.
	www.getty.edu /art/gettyguide/artObjectDetails?artobj=65769 (142 words)

	St. Louis Walk of Fame - Josephine Baker
		As a child in St. Louis, Josephine Baker rummaged for coal behind Union Station and for food behind Soulard Market.
		At age 13 she waitressed at the Chauffeurs' Club on Pine Street and danced with a minstrel band.
		Read more about Josephine Baker and how her career was boosted by the Harlem Renaissance and the popular fl musical comedy Shuffle Along (1921).
	www.stlouiswalkoffame.org /inductees/josephine-baker.html (138 words)

	A A World . Reference Room . Articles . Josephine Baker \| PBS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		As a child Baker developed a taste for the flamboyant that was later to make her famous.
		She sang professionally for the first time in 1930, made her screen debut as a singer four years later, and made several more films before World War II curtailed her career.
		During the German occupation of France, Baker worked with the Red Cross and the Résistance, and as a member of the Free French forces she entertained troops in Africa and the Middle East.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/aaworld/reference/articles/josephine_baker.html (340 words)

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