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Gladys Bentley

2026-04-06 · 40 min · 20 entities

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    Link in episode "Gladys Bentley": http://jstor.org/stable/25614318
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    Link in episode "Gladys Bentley": https://britannica.com/topic/rent-party
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    Feed category: Society & Culture
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  • → discusses History website
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  • → references Viewcontent.Cgi website
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    Link in episode "Gladys Bentley": https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5705&context=etd
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    Link in episode "Gladys Bentley": https://archives.gov/publications/prologue/2016/summer/lavender.html
  • → references Gladys Bentley Overlooked person
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    Link in episode "Gladys Bentley": https://nytimes.com/interactive/2019/obituaries/gladys-bentley-overlooked.html
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    Link in episode "Gladys Bentley": https://smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/great-blues-singer-gladys-bentley-broke-rules-180971708
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    Link in episode "Gladys Bentley": https://ebsco.com/research-starters/social-sciences-and-humanities/wales-padlock-law-censors-risque-theater

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websites 10

  • mentioned Stable website
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    Link in episode "Gladys Bentley": http://jstor.org/stable/25614318
  • references Stable website
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    Link in episode "Gladys Bentley": http://jstor.org/stable/25614318
  • mentioned History website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Gladys Bentley": https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5705&context=etd
  • mentioned Lavender website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Gladys Bentley": https://archives.gov/publications/prologue/2016/summer/lavender.html
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Gladys Bentley": https://smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/great-blues-singer-gladys-bentley-broke-rules-180971708
  • discusses History website
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    Feed category: History
  • references Viewcontent.Cgi website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Gladys Bentley": https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5705&context=etd
  • references Lavender website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Gladys Bentley": https://archives.gov/publications/prologue/2016/summer/lavender.html
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    Link in episode "Gladys Bentley": https://smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/great-blues-singer-gladys-bentley-broke-rules-180971708

persons 4

  • mentioned Rent Party person
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    Link in episode "Gladys Bentley": https://britannica.com/topic/rent-party
  • references Rent Party person
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    Link in episode "Gladys Bentley": https://britannica.com/topic/rent-party
  • mentioned Gladys Bentley Overlooked person
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Gladys Bentley": https://nytimes.com/interactive/2019/obituaries/gladys-bentley-overlooked.html
  • references Gladys Bentley Overlooked person
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Gladys Bentley": https://nytimes.com/interactive/2019/obituaries/gladys-bentley-overlooked.html

companys 4

  • mentioned iHeartPodcasts company
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    Feed author/publisher: iHeartPodcasts
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Gladys Bentley": https://ebsco.com/research-starters/social-sciences-and-humanities/wales-padlock-law-censors-risque-theater
  • hosted by iHeartPodcasts company
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    evidence rules-v5
    Feed author/publisher: iHeartPodcasts
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Gladys Bentley": https://ebsco.com/research-starters/social-sciences-and-humanities/wales-padlock-law-censors-risque-theater

concepts 2

  • mentioned Society & Culture concept
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  • discusses Society & Culture concept
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Episode description as stored
Gladys Bentley was a part of the Harlem Renaissance as a performer – she played piano and sang in ways that drew huge crowds starting in the 1920s, and she was completely out as a lesbian. But her story takes some surprising turns. Research: Adkins, Judith. “These People Are Frightened to Death.” Prologue Magazine. National Archives. Summer 2016. Vol. 48, No. 2. https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2016/summer/lavender.html Britannica Editors. "rent party". Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Nov. 2016, https://www.britannica.com/topic/rent-party Chase, Bill. “House Rent Parties Were an Institution.” New York Age. Oct. 29, 1949. https://www.newspapers.com/image/40993834/?match=1&terms=Gladys%20Bentley Church, Moira Mahoney. “If This Be Sin: Gladys Bentley And The Performance Of Identity.” University of South Carolia. (Theses and Dissertations.) 2018. https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5705&context=etd “Colored Detective Lieutenant Acquitted of Murder Charge.” Philadelphia Tribune. Aug. 4, 1927. https://www.newspapers.com/image/1135383911/?match=1&terms=Maceo%20Sheffield The Doll House advertisement. Dec. 12, 1947. https://www.newspapers.com/image/580248504/?match=1&terms=Gladys%20Bentley “Gladys Bentley, Entertainer, Dies.” Alabama Tribune. Montgomery, Alabama. February 12, 1960. https://www.newspapers.com/image/554602763/?clipping_id=66402293 “Harlem’s Gladys Alberta Bentley, Friend Of Cary Grant, Stanwyck, And Others, Way ‘Out’ Ahead Of Her Time.” Harlem World. June 24, 2023 https://www.harlemworldmagazine.com/harlems-gladys-alberta-bentley-friend-of-cary-grant-stanwyck-and-others-way-out-ahead-of-her-time/ “J.T. Gipson Dead.” California Eagle. July 17, 1952. https://www.newspapers.com/image/693556889/?clipping_id=172230200 Levette, Harry. “Movie Lots Gossip.” The Call. Aug, 22, 1952. https://www.newspapers.com/image/957555211/?match=1&terms=%22Never%20Married%20to%20Gladys%20Bentley%22 Moses, Alvin. “Alvin Moses Says.” Chicago Defender. Dec. 30, 1944. https://www.newspapers.com/image/1135809373/?match=1&terms=Gladys%20Bentley “New York Police Launch Drive on Harlem Cafes.” The Chicago Defender. March 17, 1934. https://www.newspapers.com/image/1136311398/?match=1&terms=Gladys%20bentley Onion, Rebecca. “An Affectionate 1932 Illustrated Map of Harlem Nightlife.” Slate. April 15, 2016. https://slate.com/human-interest/2016/04/e-simms-campbell-s-1932-illustrated-map-of-harlem-nightlife.html Roy, Rob. “’8 to the Bar,’ Style Gladys Bentley Made Famous, a World Favorite Today.” The Chicago Defender. May 14, 1955. https://www.newspapers.com/image/1135895140/?match=1&terms=Gladys%20Bentley Russonello, Giovanni. “Gladys Bentley.” New York Times. Overlooked. 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/obituaries/gladys-bentley-overlooked.html Shah, Haleema. “The Great Blues Singer Gladys Bentley Broke All the Rules.” Smithsonian. March 14, 2019. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/great-blues-singer-gladys-bentley-broke-rules-180971708/ “Wales Padlock Law Censors Risque Theater.” EBSCO. https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/social-sciences-and-humanities/wales-padlock-law-censors-risque-theater Wilson, James F. “Bulldaggers, Pansies, and Chocolate Babies PERFORMANCE, RACE, AND SEXUALITY IN THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE.” University of Michigan Press. 2010. Winchell, Walter. “On Broadway.” Evening Courier. Feb. 6, 1933. https://www.newspapers.com/image/480106281/?match=1&terms=%22Gladys%20Bentley%22 Yaeger, Patricia. “Editor’s Note: Bulldagger Sings the Blues.” PMLA, vol. 124, no. 3, 2009, pp. 721–26. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/25614318 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.