June 8 1914 Tipton Tribune – page 6 Small brief comment in regards to female boxing. They stated the following “Paris continues to give London tips in militancy. The WOMENS BOXING match was the most STRIKING example.
WBAN received a report that there is an article from the NEW YORK AGE dated April 16, 1914, giving some details about a mixed race boxing tournament involving 10 women. The writer who sent this in to WBAN stated, “It makes me think there must have been more going on in Harlem with women, since
In 1912, there was an extensive story on a fight that took place between two females: Myrtle Havers, 19 years old, and Mable Williams, 22 years old. The story was published in the New York World, in April of 1912. The bout was described as follows: The two women fought with eight-ounce gloves. The bout
Vintage photographs depicting a terrific brawl between Fraulein Kussin and Mrs. Edwards. Title: Mrs. Edwards & Frl. Kussin [boxing] Creator(s): Bain News Service, publisher Date Created/Published: [1912] Summary: Photo shows Fraulein Kussin and Mrs. Edwards who had a boxing match on March 7, 1912. Notes: Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of
By Dudley A. Sargent, M.D. (1912) Are Athletics Making Girls Masculine? A Practical Answer to a Question Every Girl Asks That there is a change taking place in our American girls and women is unquestioned. And it is so elusive, so baffling of description that it is proving the most attractive of subjects for discussion
Crystal Bennett was one of three sisters where they went by the name as performers, “The Bennett Sisters” performed with her sisters in Theaters, from boxing, to wrestling and fencing. One reported featured event that they were in was at the Bijou, in Racine, Wisconsin, dated December of 1911. Copyrighted by WBAN. All Rights Reserved.
Circa 1902 Police Gazette reported: “About 1902 Mlle. Augagnier beat Miss Pinkney of England in a savage fight. It was mix of straight boxing and Savate (French kickboxing). Pinkney was better with her fists and looked like a winner after about one and a half hours of bloody fighting, but Mlle. A. cleverly managed to
WBAN has on file an archived photo of a female boxer from 1896. The photo was originallty published through the Police Gazette, but later it was republished in 1976, Ring Magazine