
Entertainer and St. Louis native Josephine Baker to be inducted into the Panthéon
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Did It Take Going to New York to Be a Star?
She was not well received in new york and in the states in general. She never really quite was accepted and given her props im New York. But she just forged ahead because she practised, and made herself good at what she did. In paris they were enthralled by her courageerher willingness to perform uninhibited. It's sort of a classic broadway story. She came back a star? Yes, absolutely. And so did I.
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