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==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
The daughter of a Hungarian merchant, Smith worked as an employee in a commercial house. She discovered spiritualism in 1891 and joined a spiritualist "development" circle. According to her fellow believers, she began to show evidence of mediumistic abilities in 1892, and claimed to communicate with Victor Hugo and Cagliostro. | The daughter of a Hungarian merchant, Smith worked as an employee in a commercial house. She discovered [[spiritualism]] in 1891 and joined a spiritualist "development" circle. According to her fellow believers, she began to show evidence of mediumistic abilities in 1892, and claimed to communicate with Victor Hugo and Cagliostro. | ||
==Career as a medium== | ==Career as a medium== | ||