Josephine Baker’s Biography Josephine Baker was known for being a world-renowned performer, WWII spy, and street activist. She was born on June 3rd, 1906, in St. Louis Missouri. Her mother, Carrie McDonald, had a job as a washerwoman. Her father, Eddie Carson, was a vaudeville drummer. At the time, there weren't any good jobs for women, so her mother took the job she could get. In her childhood, she grew up and lived in her birthplace in St. Louis, Missouri. One of her interests as a child was how she had the taste for flamboyant, she had that because she loved attention. Josephine had grown up fatherless and lived in poverty, her dad abandoned her mother after her birth. She had gone to a local school but was not in school from the ages of 8 and 10.
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Many men wanted to marry her, so much so that she had received over 1000 marriage proposals. Her most popular show was called the “La Folie du Jour” where she wore a skirt that consisted of 16 bananas, which attracted Parisian audiences. She had a husband, 12 children, and two parents ( mostly one because her dad abandoned her ). Her children's names were: Stellina, Marianne, Jari, Brahim, Noel, Janot, Moise, Mara, Luis, Koffi, Jean-Claude, and Akio Bouillon. She worked for the French Resistance during WWII as a spy. After her childhood ended, she moved and lived in Paris and New York. She participated in the Civil Rights Movement with Martin Luther King Jr., and she was a notable speaker. People thought she was very remarkable so the NAACP decided to name May 20th “Josephine Baker Day”. She was the first black woman to star in a major motion picture, she played the lead role called “Papitou”, otherwise known as “Siren of the Tropics”. When she was a dancer, she flourished in several Vandette
Many men wanted to marry her, so much so that she had received over 1000 marriage proposals. Her most popular show was called the “La Folie du Jour” where she wore a skirt that consisted of 16 bananas, which attracted Parisian audiences. She had a husband, 12 children, and two parents ( mostly one because her dad abandoned her ). Her children's names were: Stellina, Marianne, Jari, Brahim, Noel, Janot, Moise, Mara, Luis, Koffi, Jean-Claude, and Akio Bouillon. She worked for the French Resistance during WWII as a spy. After her childhood ended, she moved and lived in Paris and New York. She participated in the Civil Rights Movement with Martin Luther King Jr., and she was a notable speaker. People thought she was very remarkable so the NAACP decided to name May 20th “Josephine Baker Day”. She was the first black woman to star in a major motion picture, she played the lead role called “Papitou”, otherwise known as “Siren of the Tropics”. When she was a dancer, she flourished in several Vandette