Category: Flash from the Past

Until the 1950s, Europeans typically associated women’s boxing and wrestling with vaudeville acts rather than proper young ladies. However, in 1906 Irving Hancock’s Physical Training for Women by Japanese Methods was translated into French, and throughout the 1910s French strongmen taught self-defense courses called “jiu-jitsu”. “German Girl Boxers Now in United States. The above quintet

In the Sioux City Journal, August 27, 1923, Page 7, it is reported that in Berlin, Germany, there are “Lady Boxers” that are very popular and are the star attraction at the cheaper variety houses in this area.   According to this report, they say that they attract many tourists to these places of “amusement.” In

    Lady Boxer at the Moose  / Source:  Monessen Daily Independent Thursday, October 19, 1922  / Volume 21. No.109. In the source dated October 19, 1922, it was reported that Jeanne La Mar, a female world champion boxer would be the special attraction at the MooseTemple boxing show on ‘Saturday evening, October 21. ms.  Lamar who was

  Copyrights to the Ring on this historic Articles from the 1920’s.  

  Jeanne La Mar, a boxer from France came to the United States in 1922 to find fights.  After failing to find anyone to fight in the U.S. she returned to France.  [Photo:  Jeanne La Mar – left].   Shortly after La Mar returned to her country, another female boxer, Germany’s champ according to an article

  Story and investigative research by Terry Graham/Sarah Jo Rauschl  – PART II (Story published on September 26, 2005 – Historical date: 1920s) WBAN has been in contact with Terry Graham, a retired police officer, of Wrightwood, California, who has been doing some extensive research on Jeanne La Mar (AKA: Jean La mar, The Countess

Photos of females in the kitchen with boxing gloves – 1920’s      

 One of the earliest documented materials that WBAN found was dated February 29, 1916. The article stated, “Helen Hildreth, the Lady Pugilist, was having the best of it in a mixed fight with Johnny Atkinson when Police and Boxing Commissioner Fred Wenck jumped into the RING and ordered the fight stopped “Grupp’s Gym, N.Y.C.” This

Ruth Murphy vs. Vera Roah – 1916 photo   Title: [Stills of Billie Burke starring in motion picture, ‘Gloria’s Romance’, 1916: boxing with woman in gymnasium (198)] Date Created/Published: c1916.  Notes:  Photo copyrighted by George Kleine.  This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Sedan-chairs; Motion pictures Stills; PI; Shelf.  Bookmark

Cartoon that was published in a British Magazine – July 22, 1914.