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The Historical Birthday-Tea Party 13th January
Today’s birthday girl is the ‘Last of the Red Hot Mamas’ – Sophie Tucker 1884-1966 A Vaudeville and Broadway star of her time, who started out (not her idea) blacked up, Sophie ‘came out’ as a nice jewish girl when her makeup box was stolen on the way to a gig. The audience was delighted…
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The Historical Birthday-Tea Party 12th January
No famous birthday today, but three for tomorrow so let’s celebrate Carolyn Gold Heilbrun (aka Amanda Cross) January 13, 1926 – October 9, 2003 a day early. She’d probably quite like getting in early, she never was one for conventions. Described as the Mother of feminist academia (personally not sure I’d want to be described as…
Cherry Potts, Writer 