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

By Jeff Leen
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By Jeff Leen
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In this colorful, in-depth account, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jeff Leen pulls back the curtain on a forgotten era of American history-a time when a petite Midwesterner named Mildred Burke used her beauty and brawn to captivate audiences and become the longest-reigning champion of the nation's most masculine sport.

A waitress barely scraping by on Depression-era tips, Mildred saw her way out when she attended her first wrestling match. When women were still struggling for equality wit...

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