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Sara Josephine Baker (November 15, 1873 – February 22, 1945) was an American physician notable for making contributions to public health, especially in the immigrant communities of New York City. Her fight against the damage that widespread urban poverty and ignorance caused to children, especially newborns, is perhaps her most lasting legacy ...
Baker, c. 1908 Josephine Baker was born Freda Josephine McDonald in St. Louis, Missouri. [11] [14] [15] Baker's ancestry is unknown—her mother, Carrie, was adopted in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1886 by Richard and Elvira McDonald, both of whom were former slaves of African and Native American descent. [11]
For many years, Louise Pearce lived with physician Sara Josephine Baker and author Ida A. R. Wylie. All were members of Heterodoxy, a feminist biweekly luncheon discussion club, of which many members were lesbian or bisexual. [20] In the mid-1930s, after Baker retired, the three women lived together at Trevanna Farm, Skillman, New Jersey. [3]
Josephine Baker was an American-born French dancer and singer who symbolized the beauty and vitality of Black-American culture in the 1920s. Baker went on to become one of the most popular music ...
A biopic on the life of the late American singer, dancer and civil rights activist Josephine Baker is on the The post Josephine Baker biopic to be written and directed by Maïmouna Doucouré ...
Mallon was tracked down by Soper and Dr. Sara Josephine Baker, [4] and was arrested by Ms. Willa Carey Noble, a bacteriologist at the research laboratories of the Public Health Department of New York City under William Hallock Park. [citation needed]
A look at how Josephine Baker, who will be memorialized in France's Panthéon, has influenced Black and American culture over the years. How Josephine Baker has inspired Yara Shahidi and other ...
The articles at first mentioned how Josephine Baker claimed Mallon attacked her and the other doctors with forks, and came at them fighting and swearing. [42] Later the press articles shifted the blame away from being her fault, the claim being that she was unaware she was carrying anything and instead germs that she had no control over were to ...