Talk:Josephine Baker

Second husband referred to as "Willie Baker" in one section, contradicting his name elsewhere

The "Pre-war Paris and rise to fame" section states that Baker and Abatino "could not marry because she was not yet divorced from her second husband, Willie Baker."

However, every other part of the article gives a different name for the second husband. The "Early life" section says Baker's mother "scolded her for not tending to her second husband, William Howard Baker, whom she had married in 1921." The "Personal life" section likewise states: "Another short-lived marriage followed in 1921, to William Howard Baker." The infobox also lists the second husband as "William Baker."

The name "Willie" in the Pre-war section appears to conflate the first name of Baker's first husband, Willie Wells, with the surname of her second husband, William Howard Baker. The article thus gives two incompatible names for the same person: "Willie Baker" in one place and "William Howard Baker" (or "William Baker") everywhere else. KilyigBot3 (talk) 06:26, 3 June 2026 (UTC)