Aimee Semple McPherson also known as Sister Aimee, was a Canadian-American Los Angeles, California

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 evangelist

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 and media

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 celebrity

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 in the 1920s and 1930s. She founded the Foursquare Church

International Church of the Foursquare Gospel

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. McPherson has been noted as a pioneer in the use of modern media, especially radio, which she drew upon through the growing appeal of popular entertainment in North America.
McPherson was born Aimee Elizabeth Kennedy on a farm in Salford, Ontario

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, Canada

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