The Agenda

• Heritage & Family History

• St. Louis,to Vaudeville to Paris

• Nightclub Opening& Her Unique Style

• WW2 Heroine & Wife

• The Universal Mother

• Princess Grace theFriend & Savior

• Two Loves, My Country& Paris

• Service Honors & Films

• Triumphant “Joséphine”

• Her Passing

Baker goes to ParisVaudeville Past

To the City of LightsFavorite Muse

Presented by: Ryan

Georges Simenon his wife, Tigy, and Joséphine Baker, in 1927

KEES VAN DONGEN (French, b. Netherlands, 1877-1968) Joséphine Baker au Bal Nègre

1925

The End

“Surely the day will comewhen color means nothingmore than the skin tone,when religion is seenuniquely as a way to speakone’s soul; when birthplaces have the weight of athrow of the dice and allmen are born free, whenunderstanding breeds loveand brotherhood.”

Josephine Baker