barbara buttrick
A Pioneer of Women's Boxing Looks Back on a Lifetime of Battles
Barbara "Mighty Atom of the Ring" Buttrick was called an "insult to womanhood" when she became one of world's first professional female boxers. The fearless 87 year old reflects on her groundbreaking career.
Fighting the Cult of Domesticity
In the 1950s, a group of female boxers defied the cultural expectation to be ‘good wives’ and became, instead, great fighters.
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