History (According to Roth)

Ungrateful animals, mankind;

Walking his rider's hearse behind,

Mourner-in-chief her horse appears,

But where are all her cavaliers?

(Poem by Menken)

Isaacs Menken:Great Muse to the Civil War Fighters

 

She lived from 1835-1868

Listen to the Vox Tablet Show On Her Life
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