Josephine Baker and Eva Perón both came from humble backgrounds, bootstrapped their way to fame as entertainers, and set the standards for fashion and glamour in their time. In the early 1950s their lives intersected in Buenos Aires, and they forged an association built on their shared commitment to the future of human and civil rights in both Argentina and the United States. Matthew Guterl, Brown University professor of Africana Studies and American Studies, reveals the unlikely but true story of the parallel and interconnected lives of two of the 20th century’s most iconic women of the Americas.
