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I preach freedom of the mind through freedom of the body women, for example - out of the prison of corsets.

Isadora Duncan

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Isadora Duncan
Age: 49 †
Born: 1878
Born: May 27
Died: 1927
Died: September 14
Autobiographer
Ballet Dancer
Choreographer
Dancer
Screenwriter
San Francisco County
California
The Foolish Virgin
Aĭsedora Dunkan
Izadora Dënkan
A. Dunkan
Angela Duncan
Dora Angela Duncan
Angela Isadora Duncan
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