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[[File:friedafelinfante.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Frieda Belinfante]]

==Country==

Netherlands

==Birth - Death==

1904 - 1995

==Occupation==

Entertainment

==Description==

Cellist and conductor.  Founder, Orange County Philarmonic Orchestra.  Part of the resistance movement during World War II who dressed as a man to escape arrest - emigrated to the U.S. post-war.  LGBTQ activist, whose life is portrayed in the documentary 'But I Was A Girl' (1999).

==Further Reading/Research==

* http://articles.latimes.com/1995-03-07/local/me-39790_1_orange-county-philharmonic-society
* http://articles.latimes.com/keyword/frieda-belinfante
* http://www.tv.com/shows/lets-come-out-gay-and-lesbian/watch/but-i-was-a-girl-the-story-of-frieda-belinfante-2722505/
* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0nvPi4u6Fw

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