back-then: A young woman working out with boxing gloves and a punching bag,1890 Underwood Archives
back-then: A young woman working out with boxing gloves and a punching bag, 1890 Underwood Archives/Getty Images “While women were performing pugilism in the prize ring, on stage, and even as a form of exercise with limited acceptance, women as spectators [of boxing] were still a taboo prospect in the 1880s and early 1890s.” words from A History of Women’s Boxing by Malissa Smith (x)Women prizefighters existed in England in 18th Century. It was banned in the 19th Century in many US states, Europe and in Britain in 1880. Although there were exhibitions on women’s boxing, including at the 1904 Olympics, unlike men’s boxing, women’s boxing didn’t become an Olympic sport until 2012. -- source link
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