Pioneers of Female Body Building

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by various – From the OJH Collection covering the rise of female interest in bodybuilding from the turn of the last century up until the very beginning of FBB(Female Body Building) contest in the early 1980’s. Images of women like Miss Athleta, Luisita Leers, Ivy Russell, Mildred Burke, Pudgy Stockton, Doris Brinson, Lilly Chistine, Betty Page, Miss Mara, Helen Thurston,  various circus performers, and many female athletes from the 1970s like wrist-wrestlers, track athletes, power-lifters, swimmers and the first body builders! 108 pgs.