Is that what they call a vocation, what you do with joy as if you had fire in your heart, the devil in your body? - Josephine Baker

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Is that what they call a vocation, what you do with joy as if you had fire in your heart, the devil in your body?

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About Josephine Baker

Josephine Baker (born Freda Josephine McDonald, naturalised French Joséphine Baker; 3 June 1906 – 12 April 1975) was an American-born French entertainer, French Resistance agent and civil rights activist.

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Birth Name: Freda Josephine McDonald
Alternative Names: Freda Josephine Baker Joséphine Baker
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