Female boxer Polly Burns, who fought in the 1920’s as a featherweight, pulled few punches when talking about the featherweight division with the men. In the 1929 Police Gazzette she referred to those boxers as a Lotta Palookas. In the article she talks about how she learned the fine art of boxing from her late
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
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