Lola Montes Research Paper

Lola Montez was born on February 17, 1818, as Maria Dolores Eliza Rosanna Gilbert. Her parents were Eliza Oliver and Edward Gilbert. Later, when the year of 1847 came around, Lotta Crabtree was born on November 7, in Limerick, Ireland, named Charlotte Mignon Crabtree, to Mary Ann Livesey Crabtree and John Ashworth Crabtree. These two were very similar. Lola Montez was an Irish dancer and actress, while Lotta Crabtree was an American actress and a dancer. Lola Montez was Irish and Spanish in heritage, and she was educated in Britain and France. Her mother wanted her to marry an old judge when Lola was nineteen, but Lola married Lieutenant Thomas James. She went by the name of “Spanish Dancer,” although she spent some of her childhood in India. She was a very talented dancer and had a special “Spider Dance”. Lotta Crabtree started dance class when she was only six. She danced and sang for the local miners, and they showered her with gold nuggets, when she was still only a small girl! As Lotta grew older, she was nicknamed “The Nation’s Darling,” and “Belle of Broadway.” …show more content…
Lola Montez was important because she danced and sang for the miners, and performed her “Spider Dance”. Lotta Crabtree was important because she danced and performed for all of the immigrants, and became the “Nation’s Darling”. These women lived very similar lives, and very exciting lives. Lola died on January 17, 1861, at age forty-two and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York. Lotta died on September 25, 1954, at age seventy-six and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Bronx, New York. Lola Montez and Lotta Crabtree were talented dancers and entertainers, and will always be