Zoie Brown 317 Billie Holiday
April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959 Early Life • Born in Philadelphia, got pregnant early • Stayed with her older married half sister Eva milliner • Had difficult childhood abuse and bad treatment Interesting facts • Real name, Eleonora Fagan • Nick name, “lady day” • Didn’t write most of her songs • Married Jimmy Monroe & had an affair with “Joe Guy” the trumpeter and later (6yrs) left her husband. Billie holiday deserves to be inducted into the black history hall of fame because she was a remodel for other black singers and having such a great career at the time when it wasn’t so great for black people shows persistence and strong. She was a great singer and had many awards for her singing. Billie Holiday was an accomplished black woman in American history during a time in which it was popular.