Lisa Menna
{{Short description|American magician}}
Lisa Menna (born July 23, 1964) is a magician and activist.{{cite journal
| title = Lisa Menna: Magician and Free Spirit
| journal = Genii
| volume = 60
| issue = 3
| pages = 28–35
| publisher = William W. Larsen Association
| date=January 1997}}{{cite journal
| title = Lisa Menna, Female Magician Extraordinaire
| journal = CNN headline news
|date=Spring 1986}}
Called the most influential female magician of the 20th century by BBC World Service,{{cite news |title=Lisa Menna: Magician|journal=BBC World Service Outlook|pages=2nd story|publisher=BBC|date=December 25, 2018}}
she was a pioneer in a male-dominated profession.[https://areyoufashion.com/entertainment/8-famous-female-magicians-breaking-the-glass-ceiling/ 8 Famous Female Magicians Breaking The Glass Ceiling] Are You Fashion December 14, 2020
Menna gave a briefing for the High Commission of Human Rights at the United Nations focused on her work with Cause To Wonder and the use of curiosity to introduce ideas of human rights for women.
In 2019, Lisa Menna performed for the 100th anniversary of the International Labour Organization in Geneva on international women's day.{{Cite web|url=http://www.causetowonder.org/wondertour/helping-women-brings-good-things|title=Helping Women Brings Good Things|website=Cause to Wonder|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-02}}{{Cite journal|last=Schick|first=Dennis|date=February 2014|title=Cause to Wonder. The Lisa Menna Story|journal=The Linking Ring |volume=94|pages=18–25}}
Career
She was banned from learning magic at the Magic Circle Fakir Circles and Tannen's magic classes because she was female. . (Tannens).
Menna was the first woman to lecture and perform at FISM. She is only woman to have been invited to perform in every theater of the Magic Castle in Hollywood.{{cite journal
| title = Lisa Menna: Corporate Magician
| journal = M-U-M
| volume = 88
| issue = 8
| pages = 26–41
| publisher = Society of American Magicians
|date=January 1999}}
In 2001, she achieved notability and worldwide success performing as a trade show magician, When the Wall Street Journal reported that she brought in ten time more leads than the average trade show display, she became known as "the Darling of Dot Com".{{cite journal
| title = Lisa Menna: The Darling of the Dot Com.
| journal = Wall Street Journal
|date=September 11, 2001}}
In 2011, Menna founded Cause to Wonder, a non-profit theater organization that coordinates curiosity-based events around the world.[http://www.causetowonder.org/about Cause to Wonder] an organization which uses performance art and education to promote human rights. The most notable programs took place in Mozambique, Antigua, Sicily, Ethiopia, Tortola, the US Virgin Islands and India. Eighteen months after regional performances that included a magic show with conservation information, a measures and impact study found 104% retention of the phrase, "A clean lake is a happy life".{{citation needed|date=March 2019}} Evidence that the method was successful was shown in that social change ideas spread beyond the initial audience.
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