tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post3685828919592352043..comments2023-10-20T11:17:47.246-04:00Comments on Two Nerdy History Girls: The Female Bruisers, 1768Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-89968123637585396242013-06-04T13:30:19.215-04:002013-06-04T13:30:19.215-04:00While the picture provides a romanticised vison of...While the picture provides a romanticised vison of the match, the reality was a bit darket; female brawlers fought in dark alleys (saint giles) in horrible higenic conditions and the brawl caused diseeses to both sides... Fortunately Elizabeth Stock had the abilities and the inteligence to promote female boxing reducing backalley brawls to memories of the pastKamilnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-59533867977761530172013-05-01T23:26:32.252-04:002013-05-01T23:26:32.252-04:00I wonder if the woman on the ground is in a dressi...I wonder if the woman on the ground is in a dressing gown, hence her lack of stays? So many questions and wonderful details!Samanthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16817358665338090584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-11616145323880599872013-04-30T16:15:04.381-04:002013-04-30T16:15:04.381-04:00Do you suppose the man is giving her a wiff of a l...Do you suppose the man is giving her a wiff of a lemon (is it a lemon? I can't tell) as a reviver, like smelling salts? She seems to have either sniffed or tasted it. What a wonderful image!Chris Woodyardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-53273150142197295442013-04-30T15:59:54.783-04:002013-04-30T15:59:54.783-04:00As Mike said, there were female boxers, and female...As Mike said, there were female boxers, and female footraces, and female cricket matches. You see bits about them in the broadsides advertising mills with famous male pugilists and I’m pretty sure there was info about them in CITY OF SIN by Giles Emerson. Isobel Carrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03153722955365985930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-5164193934641741382013-04-30T13:18:58.400-04:002013-04-30T13:18:58.400-04:00 Fascinating. http://www.fscclub.com/history/fame... Fascinating. http://www.fscclub.com/history/fame-prize-e.shtml has an interesting section on female boxers, stripped to the waist, performing at places such as Figgs Amphitheatre in London in the 1720s, and includes a picture purportedly of Elizabeth Stock giving a knock-out blow to her opponent. Whenever I lecture on 18th Century entertainment, the males in the audiences always seem to pay more attention when I get to the bit about female boxing!Mike Rendellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17426662566641071103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-8548645865880130082013-04-30T08:59:07.648-04:002013-04-30T08:59:07.648-04:00I've wondered about that fascination, too. I ...I've wondered about that fascination, too. I can only figure it's a form of misogyny: Domestic abuse by proxy?<br /><br />Very interesting painting.Undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16214242522330278662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-11580011150152303552013-04-30T08:22:24.312-04:002013-04-30T08:22:24.312-04:00I've only recently discovered this blog and I ...I've only recently discovered this blog and I just adore it! You ladies do such a fabulous job of digging up interesting tidbits. Thank you. :)<br /><br />By the way, this painting is really interesting. The early days of mudwrestling in bikinis. lol.Heather Webbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16998406608932437532noreply@blogger.com