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Maud Wagner, first known female tattoo artist in the US, ~1907 (lemmy.world)

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[–] ArgentRaven@lemmy.world 26 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Her husband, Gus Wagner, was also a tattoo artist and taught her. Together, they traveled around the US in circuses and sideshows. She started out as an aerialist in the same circus and traded a date with him for a tattoo lesson.

It doesn't say explicitly, but I bet he did a lot of the harder areas.

[–] don@lemmy.ca 13 points 4 months ago

[…] I bet he did a lot of the harder areas.

I'm sure he helped out a bit with the softer areas, too.