Adah Isaacs Menken

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Biography

Adah Isaacs Menken was an American actress, painter and poet, and was the highest earning actress of her time. She was best known for her performance in the hippodrama Mazeppa, with a climax that featured her apparently nude and riding a horse on stage.

Books by Adah Isaacs Menken

Infelicia

Infelicia and Other Writings

Infelicia [Poems]

Infelicia

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Quotes by Adah Isaacs Menken

"I was born in Judaism, and have adhered to it through all my erratic career. Through that pure and simple religion I have found greatest comfort and blessing."

Adah Isaacs Menken

"She is a sensitive poet who, unfortunately, cannot write."

Adah Isaacs Menken