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Lisa Menna (born July 23,1964) is a magician and activist.^[1]^[2]^[3] Called the most influential female magician of the 20th century by BBC world service, ^[3] she was a pioneer in a male-dominated profession. Menna's 2019 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 isolated regions of the world. For much of the 20th century, because she was female, she was banned from the Magic Circle, Fakir Circles and a magic academy (Tannens).

Due to her original contributions to the art of magic, 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.^[5]

In the 1990s, she achieved notability and worldwide success performing as a trade show magician, known as "the Darling of Dot Com".ref>{{cite journal

In 2011, Menna founded the NGO Cause to Wonder. The theatre for social change, non profit organization coordinates curiosity based events around the world. The most notable programs have been in Mozambique, Antigua, Sicily, Ethiopia, Tortola, the US Virgin Islands and India. 18 months after a 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."{{cn|date=March 2019}} Evidence that the controversial method was successful when it was shown that social change ideas spread beyond the initial audience.In 2019 Lisa Menna performed for the 100th anniversary of the United Nation ILO in Geneva on international women's day.

References

1. ^{{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}}
2. ^{{cite journal | title = Lisa Menna, Female Magician Extraordinaire | journal = CNN headline news |date=Spring 1986}}
3. ^{{cite radio news program | title = Lisa Menna: Magician | journal = BBC world serice Outlook | pages = 2nd story | publisher = BBC |date= December 25, 2018}}
4. ^{{cite radio news program | title = Lisa Menna: Magician | journal = BBC world serice Outlook | pages = 2nd story | publisher = BBC |date= December 25, 2018}}
5. ^{{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}}
6. ^http://www.causetowonder.org/wondertour/helping-women-brings-good-things/
7. ^¹{{Cite journal|last=Schick|first=Dennis|date=February 2014|title=Cause to Wonder. The Lisa Menna Story|url=|journal=The Linking Ring|volume=94|pages=18-25|via=}}