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Being called the perfect woman: 'Ghastly'

1974

Being called the perfect woman: 'Ghastly'

1974

    'Ghastly!' Kellerman recalls how she disliked the perfect woman label given to her in the early 1900s.

    This excerpt from Kellerman's oral history was recorded in 1974, a year before her death. The interviewer is Joel Greenberg.

    The cover image is a hand-tinted publicity image of Kellerman.

    Notes by Beth Taylor

    'Ghastly!' Kellerman recalls how she disliked the perfect woman label given to her in the early 1900s.

    This excerpt from Kellerman's oral history was recorded in 1974, a year before her death. The interviewer is Joel Greenberg.

    The cover image is a hand-tinted publicity image of Kellerman.

    Notes by Beth Taylor

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