The Queen of the Ring: Sex, Muscles, Diamonds, and the Making of an American Legend

Girl Power

A well written book about one of our country's little known female athletes. Mildred Burke was a pioneer of ot only women's wrestling but also women's sports as well. Hers was a hard scrabble life in a patriarchal world but she never waivered in her belief that she was the best female wrestler around.

This is a must read for all those girls who want to play with the boys.

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A fantastic and romanic view of early Women's Wrestling

If you've seen Lipstick and Dynamite and want to know more about the personal lives of early Women's wrestlers, this is a fantastic read and a personal look at Mildred Burke. Deeply personal, there's a bias involved that probably keeps it from being a more clinical look at the genre but it remains a fascinating look what early 'sports entertainment' looked like in the early years.