16. Mary Fields and Josephine Baker

This episode covers the lives of the wild west hero and United States postal carrier Mary Fields (aka Stagecoach Mary) and Josephine Baker the infamous dancer, singer, and spy. 

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Mary Fields

Amspacher, Shelby. “Stagecoach Mary Fields.” Stagecoach Mary Fields | National Postal Museum, postalmuseum.si.edu/stagecoach-mary-fields. Bauer, Patricia. “Mary Fields.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., www.britannica.com/biography/Mary-Fields. Blakemore, Erin. Meet Stagecoach Mary, the DARING Black Pioneer Who Protected Wild WEST STAGECOACHES. 14 Sept. 2017, www.history.com/news/meet-stagecoach-mary-the-daring-black-pioneer-who-protected-wild-west-stagecoaches. Weekes, Princess. “How The Once Enslaved ‘Stagecoach Mary’ Became The Gun-Toting First Black Woman Mail Carrier.” BUST, July 2019, bust.com/feminism/196348-stagecoach-mary-fields-runs-the-west.html. 

Josephine Baker

Burton, Kristen D., PhD. “Siren of the Resistance: The Artistry and Espionage of Josephine Baker.” The National WWII Museum of New Orleans. February 20, 2021. https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/siren-resistance-artistry-and-espionage-josephine-bakerGoodman, Elyssa. “Remembering Josephine Baker, a Radical Bisexual Performer and Activist.” Them. https://www.them.us/story/josephine-baker-activism-history Norwood, Arlisha. "Josephine Baker." National Women's History Museum. National Women's History Museum, 2017. February 20, 2021. https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/josephine-baker