| Title | | | | 1868 |
| The debut of Adah Isaacs Menken | Quarterly Journal of Speech |
- Social Sciences
- Language and Literature: Philology. Linguistics: Communication. Mass media
| 1 | 1960 |
| Ruggles, Eleanor. 1953.Prince of Players84New York Booth's most recent biographer, Eleanor Ruggles, claims that during this engagement la belle Menken “conceived a ‘crush’ on Booth, which he didn't return.” ( | | | | |
| Lesser, Allen. 1947.Enchanting Rebel— The Secret of Adah Isaacs Menken251New York | | | | |
| 1938.Louisiana Historical Quarterly, July Perhaps the most energetic researchers have been AllenLesser and John S.Kendall. Lesser's biography, Enchanting Rebel—The Secret of Adah Isaacs Menken, failed to report any new discovery as to the actress’ childhood. Kendall met with limited success. In an article for the, he published the results of an investigation that supported the claims that Menken was born in New Orleans, that the year of her birth was 1839, and that her maiden name was Ada Berthe Theodore. Also, the study suggested that the actress’ parents were Auguste Theodore, a “free man of color,” and Magdaleine Jean Louis Jan‐neaux. The paucity and vagueness of the records consulted forced Kendall to admit that he had proven nothing | | | | |