- Singer, dancer, band leader, and actress, but best known as a blues singer whose work in vaudeville and in stage shows provided the bulk of her work; in the '50s, she provided the voice of Sapphire on the Amos and Andy radio shows and of Aunt Jemima in radio commercials.
- She was the third African American woman to make phonographic records.
- Edith performed as a trio with her first husband Danny Wilson and his sister Lena Wilson. In public, Edith often referred to him as her brother.
- Was featured in cookie advertisements as 'Aunt Jemima'.
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