Josephine Baker, French war hero

And The Show Went On

Alan Riding says Josephine Baker had dual French and American citizenship when, having lived in Paris for more than a decade, she worked as a valued spy for the Free French.

After the US joined the war she volunteered to entertain the GIs across North Africa, always insisting she was there as a representative of the Free French.

Who knew?

Well, I didn’t, anyway.