DANCER ISADORA DUNCAN MAY LOSE U.S. CITIZENSHIP
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On February 26, 1923, Secretary of Labor James J. Davis announced that "steps are planned...to relieve Isadora Duncan*...of her American citizenship."
The Secretary, according to the Evening Star, will request his solicitor "to ask for an opinion from the Attorney General regarding the possibility of taking away Miss Duncan's citizenship."
The reason for this action is that news sources have quoted the dancer as saying she is "against marriage" and only married her husband, Russian poet Serge Eissinine**, "so she could enter the United States with him."
Miss Duncan is currently in Europe.
*Angela Isadora Duncan (1877-1927) was born in San Francisco & became an American dancer & choreographer performing in U.S., Europe & USSR. She is considered a pioneer of modern contemporary dance.
AID died tragically in Paris when her silk scarf caught in the wheel & rear axle of the open car in which she was riding breaking her neck. At the time of death, she was a Soviet citizen.
**Sergei Alexandrovich Yesenin, aka Esenin, (1895-1925) was born in the Russian Empire & became one of the most popular poets of the 20th century.
SAY's marriage to Isadora was his 3rd & he would marry a 4th time after her death. Sergei was 18 years younger than Isadora & died by apparent suicide.
SOURCE
"Isadora Duncan Likely to Lose U.S. Citizenship," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., February 26, 1923, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
