America's early women celebrities [electronic resource] : the famous and scorned from Martha Washington to silent film star Mary Fuller / Angela Firkus.

""Well before the existence of television and the internet, there were women that sought fame, flirted with infamy, and actively engaged with their fan base. In today's pop culture-filled world with figures like Kim Kardashian and Taylor Swift, it can be hard to understand what the lives of these wo...

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