All posts tagged "Menken"
Menken Rides Again
San Francisco Gate, by Leah Garchik, December 24, 2012 : After seeing the San Francisco Symphony‘s “Barbary Coast and Beyond,” I got interested in Adah Isaacs Menken, a notorious bad girl who performed all over the country and in Europe;…
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A Dangerous Woman: The Life, Loves and Scandals of Adah Isaacs Menken (1835-1868) America’s Original Superstar by Michael Foster and Barbara Foster (Lyons Press, 2011) Wednesday March 14th 2012 at 7PM A Dangerous Woman powerpoint presentation featuring collector’s item photos…
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MoviePie book review 2/2012: You’ve probably never heard of Adah Isaacs Menken, but this pioneering free spirit could be considered America’s first true Superstar (with a capital “S”). By fearlessly defying convention, Menken achieved things in the 1800s that are…
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As Academy Awards Time approaches the authors of A Dangerous Woman remember superstars of the past. Here is a great article about the first American superstar who was Jewish, part black, part Irish, and all rebel–Adah Isaacs Menken.
ContinueMarket Wire: The First Celebrity, Stage Legend, Media Darling
NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwire -10/25/11)- This woman — whose life story is chronicled in the newly published “A Dangerous Woman: The Life, Loves and Scandals of Adah Isaacs Menken, 1835 – 1868″ by Michael and Barbara Foster — appeared nude on…
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What makes Sarah Palin so irresistible? She hasn’t held a public office since she resigned as Governor of Alaska and hasn’t declared herself a candidate for president, but the release of a tell-all book thrust her back into the limelight…
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Examiner.com: Ah, the great iconic female sex symbols: Marilyn Monroe, Mae West, Jean Harlow, Marlene Dietrich, Adah Issacs Menken…Wait – what? Who? While many today may scratch their heads at the mention of Dietrich, they would no doubt be downright…
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Thank You Garrison and Betty Lynn for a great podcast at Coversation Crossroad Net radio! Listen to Michael Foster and Barbara Foster’s podcast for A Dangerous Woman: The Life, Loves and Scandals of Adah Isaacs Menken from July 12, 2011…
ContinueA Dangerous Woman: The Book Venue
A Dangerous Woman: The Life, Loves, and Scandals of Adah Isaccs Menken (1835 – 1868) – America’s Original Superstar (Lyons Press, 2/2011). “Adah Isaacs Menken was as American as ambition, as human as sex, as transcendent as love.” America’s first…
ContinueAdah’s Gay Friends
On the historic date of December 18, 2010 the “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy was repealed by an act of Congress. Finally, gays may serve openly in the U.S. military. In 1860, 150 years earlier, when young, aspiring actress Adah…
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