#WomanEmpowermentWednesday Billie Burke

• Was paid the largest salary of either gender for her work in 1916's "Peggy." ($40,000/8 weeks)
• The wife of the notoriously difficult Florenz Ziegfeld
• Founded the Ziegfeld Club, which helped the showgirls who had fallen on hard times
• Financially backed some of the Ziegfeld Follies
• Filmed over 80 movies, including "The Man Who Came to Dinner," "Topper," and "The Wizard of Oz"