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Abbye "Pudgy" Stockton, née Eville (August 11, 1917 – June 26, 2006), was an American professional strongwoman and forerunner of present-day female bodybuilders, who became famous through her involvement with Muscle Beach in the 1940s.
Ernestine Shepherd (born June 16, 1936) is an American bodybuilder who is best known for being, at one point, the oldest competitive female bodybuilder in the world, as declared by the Guinness Book of World Records in 2010 and 2011; [1] as of 2023, she is 88 years old and still an active, albeit no longer competitive, bodybuilder.
Prior to 1977, bodybuilding had been considered strictly a male-oriented sport. Henry McGhee, described as the "primary architect of competitive female bodybuilding", was an employee of the Downtown Canton YMCA, carried a strong belief that women should share the opportunity to display their physiques and the results of their weight training the way men had done for years.
Edith Wilma Jean Conner [1] (September 5, 1935 – November 28, 2020), known as Edith Connor, was an American bodybuilder who was declared the oldest competitive female bodybuilder by the Guinness Book of World Records in 2012, when she was 77, [2] breaking the record of Ernestine Shepherd. [3]
Women 60 years old and over share their workout tips for building strength and muscle in the gym.
This is a list of female professional bodybuilders. All people listed here have an IFBB pro card. This list is incomplete; you can ...
Betty Brosmer (born Betty Chloe Brosemer; [1] [2] August 6, 1929), later known by her married name Betty Weider, is an American former bodybuilder and physical fitness expert. . During the 1950s, she was a popular commercial model and pin-up gi
This eventually led her into bodybuilding. [2] Lyon entered and won the first International Federation of BodyBuilders Women's World Pro Bodybuilding Championship in Los Angeles on June 16, 1979. This was the only bodybuilding competition of her career. She appeared in many magazines and on television talk shows, promoting bodybuilding for women.