Adah Isaacs Menken

Adah Isaacs Menken (15 June 1835 – 10 August 1868) was an American actress, painter and poet.

• I was born in Judaism, and have adhered to it through all my erratic career. Through that pure and simple religion I have found greatest comfort and blessing.
  • Jewish Virtual Library

• She is a sensitive poet who, unfortunately, cannot write.
  • Charles Dickens, Jewish Virtual Library