This article first appeared in the Stars and Stripes Europe edition, July 29, 1959. It is republished unedited in its original form, with the children’s nations of origin as Baker identified them at ...

Greg Jenner uncovers the dazzling life of Josephine Baker – superstar dancer, war hero, and cheetah-loving spy – in this hilarious history show for curious families. Show more Dead Funny History: ...

Dead Funny History: Josephine Baker. Josephine Baker was a dazzling dancer, a fearless spy, and one of the world’s first Black superstars. In this episode of Dead Funny History, historian Greg Jenner ...

Designed by French architect Louis Gilbert in the 1890s, the 12-bedroom villa—dubbed Le Beau Chêne—features elaborate Louis XIII-style stone and brickwork with turrets, Juliet balconies, and a ...

Villa Beau-Chêne, the 12-bedroom Parisian mansion where dancer and activist Josephine Baker made her home in the 1930s and ’40s, is on the market for €20.84 million (US$24.45 million). Baker, the ...

Hemingway called her “the most sensational woman anybody ever saw.” If you read any well-informed account of the life of le tout Paris between the wars, you’ll almost certainly run across her name.

Where does an artist who sculpts history’s most prominent women start? “The heart is where I begin,” says Loveland sculptor Jane DeDecker. “Sometimes I'll even layer that area so that you can kind of ...

Josephine Baker was the first Black female superstar. In the 1920s, she took Paris by storm with her exuberant dance performances; she was also a Resistance fighter in World War II and a civil rights ...

While all pop culture eyes are on the life of a certain showgirl this week — Swift, Taylor — the French mansion of a legendary showgirl from another time is hitting the market. Villa Beau-Chêne, a ...

Before Beyonce, there was Josephine. Before Diana, there was Josephine. Before Madonna, Mariah, Celine or Selena, there was Josephine. Before Shakira, Lady Gaga, Billy Eilish, Taylor Swift – and so on ...

ST. LOUIS – It was announced Wednesday that memorabilia of the world-renowned and St. Louis native Josephine Baker will be preserved right in her home city. According to officials, collections of ...

Items among Mary Strauss' bequest to the Missouri History Museum include hair care product and a costume worn by Josephine Baker. For 40 years, Mary Strauss has painstakingly acquired items related to ...