The tattooed lady
Subtitle: a history
By: by Amelia Klem Osterud.
Publisher: Speck Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Golden, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9781933108261
Subjects: Tattooing -- Social aspects -- United States; Tattooed people -- United States -- Social conditions; Working class women -- United States -- Social conditions; Sideshows -- United States
Description: Explores tattoo origins, women's labor history, circus life and the stories of several women from the late 19th century through the early 20th century who covered their bodies with tattoos and traveled the country, performing nearly nude for all to see. Includes information on Irene Woodward, Nora Hildebrandt, Artoria Gibbons, Betty Broadbent, Jean Furella Carroll, Ethel Martin, Emma de Burgh and others. Also includes some modern performers.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The day the tattooed lady came to town; title: Tattooed ladies and their place in history; title: All tattooed ladies, all the time; title: Choices and control; title: The legacy of the tattooed lad.