Bitchstory Lesson 40 - Beautiful Badass Lady Spy in a banana costume - Josephine Baker

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Josephine Baker was a gorgeous, young, black singer and dancer in the early 20's.  She renounced her US citizenship because of racial injustice and became a French citizen.  Things weren't perfect in Paris, but audiences were not segregated and she enjoyed significant success.  During WW2, she leveraged her fame to pass secrets to the French resistance when the Nazis were trying to completely take over France.  Who doesn't love a lady spy in a banana costume with a pet Cheetah named Chiquita? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephine_Baker https://spyscape.com/article/josephine-baker-the-secret-life-of-a-diva-spy