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Betty Broadbent (November 1, 1909 – March 28, 1983), also known as the “Tattooed Venus”, is regarded as the most photographed tattooed lady of the 20th century. She also worked as a tattoo artist. In 1981, she was the first person to be inducted into the Tattoo Hall of Fame. [1]
Tattooed ladies were working class women who acquired tattoos and performed in circuses, sideshows, and dime show museums as means for earning a substantial living. At the height of their popularity during the turn of the 20th century, tattooed ladies transgressed Victorian gender norms by showcasing their bodies in scantily clad clothing and ...
Iconic 1920s film star Clara Bow is joined on the set of her film The Fleet's In by actor Richard Arlen and his dog, Scotty. Les Rowley - Getty Images 1931: Jean Harlow
1921 postcard. Artoria Gibbons (also known by her stage name, Mrs. C.W. (Red) Gibbons) was an American tattooed lady. [1] She worked at carnival sideshows and at circuses for more than 35 years, including the Ringling, Barnum & Bailey Brothers Circus from 1921 to 1923 and the Hagenbeck–Wallace Circus in 1924.
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"Bodies of Subversion: A Secret History of Women and Tattoo", by Margot Mifflin, became the first history of women's tattoo art when it was released in 1997. In it, she documents women's involvement in tattooing coinciding to feminist successes, with surges in the 1880s, 1920s and the 1970s. [ 153 ]
This is a list of notable tattoo artists.. Betty Broadbent, 1938 Amund Dietzel, 1914 Mary Jane Haake, 2011 Don Ed Hardy, 1980 Horiyoshi III, 2010 Manfred Kohrs, 2016 Whang-od, 2016 Kim Saigh, 2007 Henk Schiffmacher, 2018 Horst Streckenbach, 1979 Paul Timman, 2009 Lyle Tuttle, 2007 Lokesh Verma, 2021 Kat Von D, 2007 Maud Wagner, c. 1907 Leo Zulueta, 2019