Mae West: References & Edit History
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Biographies include Maurice Leonard, Mae West: Empress of Sex (1991); Marybeth Hamilton, When I’m Bad, I’m Better (1995; also published as The Queen of Camp, 1996); and Emily Wortis Leider, Becoming Mae West (1997). Ramona Curry, Too Much of a Good Thing: Mae West as Cultural Icon (1996), explores her changing image.
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: AllMusic - Mae West. | Oct 09, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Aug 13, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Nov 18, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Digital Commons at Colby - Mae West and the Limits of Radio Censorship in the 1930s (PDF). | Oct 03, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Golden Globes - Forgotten Hollywood: Mae West. | Aug 08, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC listen - Overnights - Mae West: an icon in black and white. | Jun 27, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Mae Wests Maids: Race, Authenticity, and the Discourse of Camp (PDF). | May 16, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC Sounds - Great Lives - Mae West. | Feb 08, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: EngagedScholarship at Cleveland State University - She Would Not Be Silenced: Mae West's Struggle Against Censorship. | Sep 20, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 15, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The New York Times - Mae West Vamped and Winked. She Also Blazed a Trail We�re Still Following. | Jan 23, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: United States History - Mae West. | Oct 18, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: PBS - American Masters - Mae West biographical timeline. | May 18, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: American Heritage - The Immortality Of Mae West. | Apr 07, 2023 | ||
| Added the play Catherine Was Great. Noted that Myra Breckinridge was based on a novel by Gore Vidal and that Sextette was based on a play that she wrote. | Nov 12, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Star of the Month: Mae West. | Jun 20, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: AllMusic - Mae West. | Jun 17, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Matinee Classics - Biography of Mae West. | Jun 17, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: AllMovies - Biography of Mae West. | Jun 17, 2014 | ||
| Media added. | Mar 18, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of Mae West. | Jun 01, 2011 | ||
| Changed quote "Come up and see me sometime" to "Why don't you come up sometime and see me?" | Jul 13, 2010 | ||
| Media added. | Aug 08, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jun 23, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Aug 16, 2007 | ||
| Article revised. | Dec 21, 2001 | ||
| Article revised. | Jan 13, 2000 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Nov 10, 1999 |
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