Florence Foster Jenkins Research Paper

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Yesterday my wife wanted to go to the theater because she wanted to watch a movie. The movie’s name was Florence Foster Jenkins. Honestly, I was not particularly interested. However, the movie is a great example of how a person can get her/his goals. Florence suffered from syphilis, but she made the best of her life. She fought against it thanks to her love for music. Although she was a really bad singer, she was able to perform at the Carnegie Hall in New York in 1944. The recording of that performance is one of the most requested copies from the archives of Carnegie Hall. She was a great model of spirit of

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