Person Open DS/UK/3445 Bradley; Josephine (1893-1985); Irish ballroom dancer, dance teacher Bradley Josephine 1893-1985 Irish ballroom dancer, dance teacher Female

Josephine Bradley MBE (24 March 1893 – 1985) was a ballroom dancer and dance teacher. Although born in Dublin, she was raised from an early age in London, the youngest of eight children. Bradley was among the first ballroom dance professionals of the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (ISTD) who standardised the basic techniques of foxtrot, tango, quickstep and waltz. These are the English ballroom dances of what is now the World Dance Council's International Dancesport category. For her activities she had earned herself an informal title "The First Lady of the Ballroom". International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHhbryony 12/13/2012 Rachael.Fragola 3/1/2022 aea6968b-c751-46fc-8806-1602f72a7870