Adah Isaacs Menken
Adah Isaacs Menken · Arts & Literature
In her short but remarkable life, actress Adah Isaacs Menken became legendary for her scandalous defiance of convention.
Adah Isaacs Menken is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — In her short but remarkable life, actress Adah Isaacs Menken became legendary for her scandalous defiance of convention.
In her short but remarkable life, actress Adah Isaacs Menken became legendary for her scandalous defiance of convention. That is how the Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women, the scholarly reference published by the Jewish Women's Archive, opens its entry on her, written by Alan Ackerman, and the entry is linked below.
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Source: Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women (Jewish Women's Archive) — Alan Ackerman
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In her short but remarkable life, actress Adah Isaacs Menken became legendary for her scandalous defiance of convention.
Source: Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women (Jewish Women's Archive) — Alan Ackerman
