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Menken, Adah Isaacs (1835?-1868)

Gilliland, J. "Menken, Adah Isaacs (1835?-1868)." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford UP, 2004.
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biography
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A brief biography of Adah Isaacs Menken.

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Menken, Adah

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Menken, Adah

Adah Menken, an actress "not known for her talent, but rather for her frenetic energy, her charismatic presence, and her willingness to expose herself," was born in a suburb of New Orleans (Richard