Baker didn’t have the best childhood in St. Louis. She had a contentious relationship with her mother that affected her until the day she died. Baker dropped out of school at 12, and by the age of 13 lived a life of vagrancy. Rummaging through dumpsters for food and supporting herself...
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More than 20,000 people crowded the streets of Paris to watch the funeral procession on its way to the Church of the Madeleine. The French government honored her with a 21-gun salute, making Josephine Baker the first American woman buried in France with military honors. Her gravesite is in ...
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Josephine Baker, American-born French dancer and singer who symbolized the beauty and vitality of Black American culture, which took Paris by storm in the 1920s. She was one of the most popular music-hall entertainers in France and was also known for her
Sara Josephine Baker was an American physician who contributed significantly to public health and child welfare in the United States. Baker prepared at private schools for Vassar College, but the death of her father put that school out of reach. She deci
Josephine Baker died in her sleep of a stroke on April 12, 1975, at the age of 68. She received a full Roman Catholic funeral that was held at L’Église de la Madeleine. The only American-born woman to receive full French military honors at her funeral, Baker’s funeral was the oc...