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Starring Women Robert Allan the contributors to this bookWomen performers played a vital role in the development of American and transatlantic entertainment, celebrity culture, and gender ideology. Sara E. Lampert examines the lives, careers, and fame of overlooked figures from Europe and the United States whose work in melodrama, ballet, and other stage shows shocked and excited early U. S. audiences. These women lived and performed the tensions and contradictions of nineteenth century gender roles,