https://padlet.com/raeganjones123/ujejtlyrgpl9 en-us 2016-02-05 15:02:25 UTC 2026-02-11 16:25:04 UTC hello@padlet.com raeganjones123 https://padlet.com/raeganjones123/ujejtlyrgpl9/wish/93482977 2016-02-05 15:08:21 UTC https://padlet.com/raeganjones123/ujejtlyrgpl9/wish/93482977 raeganjones123 https://padlet.com/raeganjones123/ujejtlyrgpl9/wish/93484343 Josephine Baker was a dancer that wore very revealing clothing in Paris in the 1920's (she was called "Black Venus", "Black Pearl", and "Creole Goddess"). 
http://www.cmgww.com/stars/baker/about/biography.html]]> 2016-02-05 15:12:07 UTC https://padlet.com/raeganjones123/ujejtlyrgpl9/wish/93484343 raeganjones123 https://padlet.com/raeganjones123/ujejtlyrgpl9/wish/93485546 She was born on June 3, 1906 in ST. Louis Missouri. She started off cleaning houses, babysitting, and she was a  waitress at the age of 13. 
http://www.cmgww.com/stars/baker/about/biography.html]]> 2016-02-05 15:15:35 UTC https://padlet.com/raeganjones123/ujejtlyrgpl9/wish/93485546 raeganjones123 https://padlet.com/raeganjones123/ujejtlyrgpl9/wish/93486547 After gaining popularity with the men, she was offered 1,500 marriage proposals. She had many husbands, but her most famous were Willie Baker in 1921, Jean lion in 1937, Jo Bouillion in 1947, and Robert Brady in 1973. The majority of her husbands were white Americans or Frenchman.  
http://www.cmgww.com/stars/baker/about/biography.html]]> 2016-02-05 15:18:45 UTC https://padlet.com/raeganjones123/ujejtlyrgpl9/wish/93486547 raeganjones123 https://padlet.com/raeganjones123/ujejtlyrgpl9/wish/93488199 She adopted 12 children of all different nationalities.  She called her family/foundation the "Rainbow Tribe".
https://www.nwhm.org/education-resources/biography/biographies/josephine-baker/]]> 2016-02-05 15:23:03 UTC https://padlet.com/raeganjones123/ujejtlyrgpl9/wish/93488199 raeganjones123 https://padlet.com/raeganjones123/ujejtlyrgpl9/wish/93488793 She slipped into a coma after her 14th performance and died of Cerebral Hemorrhage at the age of 68 on April 12, 1975. She was the first African-american women buried on French soil (Cimetiere de Monaco) with military honors. 
http://www.cmgww.com/stars/baker/about/biography.html]]> 2016-02-05 15:24:36 UTC https://padlet.com/raeganjones123/ujejtlyrgpl9/wish/93488793 raeganjones123 https://padlet.com/raeganjones123/ujejtlyrgpl9/wish/93493520 During World War 2 she worked as a Red Cross nurse and she was an underground courier for the French Resistance. She served as a Sub-Lieutenant in the women Auxiliary of the French Air-Force. She refused to perform in theaters that discriminated against African-Americans sitting in the same areas as whites. She also stared in the first all-black Broadway Musical in 1922, called the 'Shuffle Along". Also after a battle on media between her and Walter Winchell, the NAACP named May 20 National Josephine Baker day for her attempt. ]]> 2016-02-05 15:38:35 UTC https://padlet.com/raeganjones123/ujejtlyrgpl9/wish/93493520