Isadora Duncan is banned in Boston.

October 23, 1922

Mayor James Michael Curley bans Duncan from further performances in Boston after her two performances earlier in the week at Symphony. According to Curley, complaints were received over Duncan’s scanty attire and her political remarks in defense of her husband, Soviet poet Sergei Yesenin. Leaving Boston, Duncan declares, Bostonians are afraid of the truth. They want to satisfy baseness without admitting it. A suggestively clothed body delights them. There is a Puritanical instinct for concealed lust.”

Sources
  • Boston Globe
  • New York Times