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[[File:Bettybroadbentbizarre_magazine_29398_12.jpg|thumb|right|180px|[[Tattooed lady]] [[Betty Broadbent]]]]
|+ ''Lady Viola''
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|colspan="2"| [[File:LadyViola.jpg|100px|LadyViola.jpg]]
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! Birth Date
| 27 March 1898
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! Birth Place
| Covington, Kentucky
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! Death Date
| 15 April 1977
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! Occupation
| [[Tattooed lady]], [[Tattoo artist|tattoo artist]]
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! Website
| none
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'''Lady Viola''', (born Ethel Martin Vangi in March 27, [[1898]] in Covington, Kentucky) also known as "the Most Beautiful Tattooed Woman in the World", was a [[Tattooed lady]]. She was tattooed by [[Frank Graf (page does not exist)|Frank Graf]] in the 1920s. She worked with the [[Ringling Bros]] circus and in dime museums. She also did some tattooing during the winter. She worked with the Thomas Joyland Circus until she was 73. She died the 25th of April, [[1977]] and is buried in Fulton County, Pennsylvania.
The '''Tattooed Lady''' was a popular act back in the halcyon days of the [[Sideshow]], with the lady in question often taking the stage name '''Pictura'''. Tattooed ladies began exhibiting themselves during the 1880s. They would get on stage, talk about their lives (usually made up stories) and show off their bodies. Tattooed men performers, such as [[Captain Constentenus]], were a major influence on tattooed ladies as they began performing eighty years before women started. Tattooed men told stories of being captured and forced into being tattooed. The tattoo ladies told similar stories, saying they were captured by "savages" and tattooed against their will. Tattooed ladies brought a sexual allure to their show, something the men couldn't achieve and became more popular than the tattooed men. Tattooed ladies were paid much more than other circus workers and even working class men.[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/wmh/pdf/spring06_klem.pdf [1]]


[[File:LadyViola2.jpg|thumb|right|Lady Viola]]
Many people disapproved of tattooed ladies because of the revealing clothing they wore.
 
Some of the more famous tattooed ladies include: [[Betty Broadbent]], [[Artoria Gibbons]], [[Irene Woodward]] and [[Nora Hildebrandt]]. Groucho Marx's signature tune was "Lydia the Tattooed Lady".
 
== External links ==
* [http://www.bizarremag.com/weird-news/tattoos-body-art/9433/tattooed_ladies.html Bizarre Magazine - Tattooed Ladies]
* [http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/wmh/pdf/spring06_klem.pdf A Life of Her Own Choosing - Amelia Klem]

Latest revision as of 09:40, 17 September 2023

Tattooed lady Betty Broadbent

The Tattooed Lady was a popular act back in the halcyon days of the Sideshow, with the lady in question often taking the stage name Pictura. Tattooed ladies began exhibiting themselves during the 1880s. They would get on stage, talk about their lives (usually made up stories) and show off their bodies. Tattooed men performers, such as Captain Constentenus, were a major influence on tattooed ladies as they began performing eighty years before women started. Tattooed men told stories of being captured and forced into being tattooed. The tattoo ladies told similar stories, saying they were captured by "savages" and tattooed against their will. Tattooed ladies brought a sexual allure to their show, something the men couldn't achieve and became more popular than the tattooed men. Tattooed ladies were paid much more than other circus workers and even working class men.[1]

Many people disapproved of tattooed ladies because of the revealing clothing they wore.

Some of the more famous tattooed ladies include: Betty Broadbent, Artoria Gibbons, Irene Woodward and Nora Hildebrandt. Groucho Marx's signature tune was "Lydia the Tattooed Lady".

External links

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