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509 - Adah Isaacs Menken

The Dollop with Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds

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Ada's Story

He encouraged. He got her dancing and horseback riding. By the time ada was 11, she had several poems published. She then danced in the ballet of the french opera house in new orleans. Oka, her relationship with her mother not as good. Ada wrote her sister describing how much her mother disliked her. It's also that was like therapy. Apparently, her mother was jealous.

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