Day: January 1, 1924

Here is an extract from an article about the history of women’s boxing in the Police Gazette (1924). It describes a fight between a woman of 25 and a girl of 17: One snapshot showed the woman shooting a kick at the girl’s head; the girl was warding it off with her left arm and

Source/written by: CATHY VAN INGEN, PhD, Department  of Kinesiology Brock University “Seeing What Frames Our Seeing”: Seeking Histories on Early Black Female Boxers Full Article on Cathy Van Ingen’s Research:  Link – PDF EXCERPT :  “Seeing What Frames Our Seeing”: Seeking Histories on Early Black More press reportage exists on two African-American women, Emma Maitland