Women / Persons ~ P24063
Alberta Hunter
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Social Networks and Archival ContextAlternate Names:
- May Alix
- Josephine Beatty
Gender: Female
Life Dates: 1 April 1895 - 17 October 1984
Types:
- American, African
- American (US)
- Composer
- Medicine, nurse
- Performer, singer
Note: Was inducted in to the Blues Hall of Fame in 2011; enjoyed popular singing career in the 1920s and 1930s then left the profession to become a nurse; resumed singing in the late 1970s until her death.