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A history of women's boxing / Malissa Smith.
Van Pelt Library GV1136.3 .S55 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, Malissa, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women boxers.
- Boxing--History.
- Boxing.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 311 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2014]
- Contents:
- She-devils and Amazonian tigresses : women enter the boxing ring
- Victorian ladies boxing
- Boxing, women, and the mores of change
- Encountering the modern : Flappers, Mae West, and the war years
- Boxing in the Age of the "Mighty Atom"
- Burning bras, taking on the "sheriff," and winning the right to fight
- A ring of their own
- These ladies love the ring
- Christy Martin and the pinking of the velvet ropes
- Women's boxing and the fame game
- The amateurs
- The state of things : 1722 to 2012 and beyond.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781442229945
- 1442229942
- OCLC:
- 870098235
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