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2. The amazing 'strong-women' of the early 1900s - AOL

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   In the late 1800s and early 1900s, a new breed of women started to emerge from the depths of circus tents around the world: the strong-woman. These women quickly drew large crowds of circus lovers ...

3. Annie Jones (bearded woman) - Wikipedia

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   Annie Jones Elliot (July 14, 1865 – October 22, 1902) [1] was an American bearded woman, born in Virginia.She toured with showman P. T. Barnum as a circus attraction. . Whether the cause of her condition was hirsutism or an unrelated genetic condition that affects children of both sexes and continues into adult years is

4. List of circus skills - Wikipedia

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   Circus schools and instructors use various systems of categorization to group circus skills by type. Systems that have attempted to formally organize circus skills into pragmatic teaching groupings include the Gurevich system [1] (the basis of the Russian Circus School's curriculum) and the Hovey Burgess system.

5. Big hair - Wikipedia

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   Big hair is seen as artificial or trendy by some people. This has often led to misunderstandings and even discrimination based on hair texture. In 2013, for example, 12-year-old Vanessa VanDyke was threatened with expulsion for wearing her hair in its natural state. School officials claimed her voluminous hair was a "distraction". [13]

6. Bearded lady - Wikipedia

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   A relatively small number of women are able to grow enough facial hair to have a distinct beard. The condition is called hirsutism. It is usually the result of polycystic ovary syndrome which causes excess testosterone and an over-sensitivity to testosterone, thus (to a greater or lesser extent) results in male pattern hair growth, among other symptoms.

7. Katie Sandwina - Wikipedia

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   In her later years, Katie and her husband operated a bar and grill restaurant in Ridgewood, Queens, New York. [1] [8] They advertised it as belonging to the world's strongest woman and Katie would occasionally perform minor feats of strength to entertain their patrons, including breaking iron chains, bending iron bars, and using her husband as a human barbell.

8. Injured hair-hanging circus acrobats hire law firm - AOL

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   PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Seven of the eight hair-hanging circus acrobats who fell to the ground during a "human chandelier" stunt in Rhode Island last month have hired a Chicago-based law firm to ...

9. Vulcana Women's Circus - Wikipedia

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   Vulcana Circus is an Australian circus, created with the aim of training women, trans women, and non binary adults, and children and teens of all genders in the circus arts. The company was founded in 1995 at West End in Brisbane, [1] by Antonella Casella in Brisbane, Australia, the company was named after the famous British strongwoman Vulcana.