She was called by Ernest Hemingway, “the most sensational woman anyone ever saw.”
The Rainbow Tribe
Around Christmas in 1959, Josephine read a story in a Parisian newspaper about an infant found in a dust-bin by a local tramp. She contacted the hospital and arranged to adopt the infant, naming him Noel. The last child of Josephine Baker, Stellina, was adopted in the mid-1960’s.
Somewhere Over the Rainbow: remembering the banane femme on Josephine Baker Day By Maxine Clarke
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