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A Woman to Know: Carol Doda

A Woman to Know: Carol Doda

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Julia Carpenter
Nov 17, 2015
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Underneath this blonde hair, I do think logically. I know how to survive. — Carol

(Photo by Ken McLaughlin)


In 1960s San Francisco, she had a nickname: "The Susan B. Anthony of Stripping." As she put it herself, "I was the first to go topless in 1964 and I started a sexual revolution that spun as fast as twirling tassels."

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