October 1, 1999
Interview with Promoter Bill Dickson about past boxer Caroline Svendsen from the mid 1970s
(Information provided by newspaper articles and interview with Bill Dickson. I interviewed Dickson in October of 1999. Sue TL Fox) Caroline Svendsen, a 34-year old woman, who decided to become a boxer, was REPORTED to have been the first woman in the United States to receive a boxing license. WBAN has since uncovered new evidence in