Story and investigative research by Terry Graham/Sarah Jo Rauschl PART I (OCT 17, 2005) WBAN has just received “Part II” on the 1920’s femaile boxer Jeanne La Mar. (AKA: Jean La mar, The Countess Jeanne La Mar, The Countess, Jeanne Vina Lamar.) Writer Terry Graham and Sarah Jo Rauschl provided this fascinating history of this
In the latter years of 1920’s, Jeanne La Mar was reported by a news article in the Chicago Tribune, January 3, 1928, that a fight took place with her husband. The headliner read the following: Woman Boxer Loses Bout with Mate; Calls Police. They stated that the night before there were excited cries by a
So do you think that Caroline Svendsen was the first female in the United States to obtain a boxing license as reported worldwide in 1975….Try again with setting this little part of history straight for female boxers getting boxing licenses! According to the Charleston Daily Mail, in the Saturday Evening edition, dated September
On March 24, 1923, it was reported in the Logansport Pharos-Tribune (page five), there was a public challenge from Ms. Ida Schnall of Brooklyn, New York. There is a photo on this news clip showing Schnall in a baseball practice to get in shape for the bout. Then on April 13, 1923, there is another
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
Mixed Match -The Bee, Danville, Virginia, Monday, September 25, 1922, page 11 In the time frame that Jeanne La Mar was in the sport of boxing, she continued to have problems finding female opponents, so at times, she would also do some matches with males in the ring. In this short description of
IF your answer to this question was Lady Tyger Trimiar, Cathy “Cat” Davis, and Jackie Tonawanda…..the answer is NO. They were NOT the first to APPLY for a boxing license in New York. They may be the first to get a license but NOT the first to apply. The FIRST female boxer to apply