Tag: History of Womens Boxing

Artwork displayed on a postcard by Art Number – 1910 – Copyrighted on WBAN. All rights reserved.

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. 

Source/written by: CATHY VAN INGEN, PhD, Department  of Kinesiology Brock University “Seeing What Frames Our Seeing”: Seeking Histories on Early Black Female Boxers Full Article on Cathy Van Ingen’s Research:  Link – PDF EXCERPT :  “Seeing What Frames Our Seeing”: Seeking Histories on Early Black  In 1890, New York’s Lizzie Somers was challenged  by Nellie

Copyrighted by Scranton Republic – 1888 WBAN has an original complete, genuine issue of THE SCRANTON REPUBLICAN newspaper from Pennsylvania, dated Sept. 17, 1888. Front page article headed: “Female Prize Fight”. This article takes about three-quarters of a column near the middle of the front page.  WBAN has a complete four-page issue of this paper.

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New York Herald:  March 8, 1869 – Women’s Boxing An article reprinted in the Chicago Tribune (reprinted March 13, 1869.  Boxing Match (prizefight) that took place between two women around 140 years ago. Sally C. Chapman vs. Mary Ann Jones.   It took place in Boston and Sally Chapman was declared the winner in the twenty first