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Entertaining Women: American Women on Stage and Screen

A celebration of American women entertainers, including musicians, dancers, comedians, actors, and other performers, represented in Smithsonian collections.

Because of Her Story

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  • Carrie Fisher
  • Phyllis Diller Laughs
  • Self Portrait (Actress)/After Marlene Dietrich 2
  • Forever Innovative Choreographers: Isadora Duncan single
  • Lillian Russell
  • 29c Annie Oakley mini sheet single
  • Beyoncé Knowles
  • Mary Pickford
  • Tina Turner
  • Greta Garbo
  • Marilyn Monroe
  • Anna May Wong
  • Chita Rivera
  • Photograph of Gladys Bentley
  • "The Funniest Woman in the World:" Moms Mabley Onstage
  • Rita Moreno
  • Mae West
  • Lucille Ball
  • Dolly Parton
  • Clara Bow
  • Martha Graham
  • Shirley MacLaine
  • Annie Oakley
  • Dolores del Río cinema card
  • Halle Berry
  • Gloria Swanson
  • Lillian Gish
  • Liza Minnelli
  • Colleen Moore
  • Cher
  • Loïe Fuller
  • J'ai Deux Amours
  • Josephine Baker
  • Meryl Streep
  • 37c Martha Graham single
  • 29c Billie Holiday single
  • Beverly Sills
  • 39c Ella Fitzgerald single
  • Bessie Smith, from the unrealized portfolio "Noble Black Women: The Harlem Renaissance and After"
  • Madonna
  • Irene Dunne
  • “Row-Row-Row”
  • Anna May Wong
  • Fanny Brice
  • Promotional and souvenir program autographed by Marian Anderson
  • Gold Barbra
  • Ginger Rogers
  • Bessie Smith
  • Janis Joplin
  • Ella Fitzgerald, from the portfolio 'O, Write My Name': American Portraits, Harlem Heroes

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