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Michael_MacDonald 1964 - 2016 Washington 2033 Posts 
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Her performing for a bunch of magicians, she is really nervous but pulls it off.
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Jesse K Regular user Finland 133 Posts
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The Queen Of Cigarettes: Zirka
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On 2013-04-19 17:58, Michael_MacDonald wrote: I don't think she's nervous at all. It's part of her presentation that she seems to be struggling to get the cards right. That's more impressive than just rattling off "Your cards are 4H, 8D, KC, etc." without any effort at all.
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Brad Jeffers Veteran user 375 Posts
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On 2010-12-30 23:31, Payne wrote: Annie Abbott was The Little Georgia Magnet. Lulu Hurst was The Georgia Wonder. No one was The Famous Georgia Magnet. Many women have made great contributions to the art of magic. As far as "groundbreaking" contributions go, I feel sure that over 99% of male magicians have none of those on their resume. |
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Danny Kazam Inner circle 1516 Posts
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Wow, lots of names but no creditionals being listed. Not saying there isn't any but could we list what contributions they contributed instead of just names. For example; the girl who was first to pull a hanky from her !@#$%^. There has to more than that as contributions to the magic community? In other words, lets list not just names, but what exactly they have contributed that was unique and useful to the growth of magic.
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Dougini Inner circle The Beautiful State Of Maine 7130 Posts
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Ruth Rice! She's kept Silk King Studios running! That's a feat today!
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Terri Rogers.
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Bill Hegbli Eternal Order Fort Wayne, Indiana 22797 Posts
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Dell O'Dell the queen of rhyme patter.
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Dick Oslund Inner circle 8357 Posts
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Heqq! Bill!!!
I read through this entire thread looking for Dell O'Dell! I never knew her, but, from everything I've heard, she was a real professional! My friend, Michael CLAXTON, has just written and published a book on her life. She was a real credit to the profession. At one point, she had at least 3 men working for her as assistants. No one ever saw them! She was so busy, that she had 3 sets of props. Jay Marshall, in his younger days, was one of the assistants. She would often have 3 gigs in one evening. Jay's job was to go to a club, set her props, watch her work, and, when she left for her second of three gigs, pack her props, and, go home. I can't remember the other two men. One was a "retired" old pro. BTW, Suzy Wandas, whom I met in the '60s, at Abbott's GTG, was another fine performer. She was most talented, and the "Wandas Sisters" were headliners in Europe.
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DaKine Oregon New user Medford, Oregon 50 Posts
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While this is a 3-year-old thread, International Women's Day 2018 just happened, so I would like to nominate American chemist Stephanie Louise Kwolek (July 31, 1923 to June 18, 2014), who was not a magician. She did, however invent Kevlar, and considering how many effects are performed by many thousands of magicians using In******* Th****, and ITRs and Yigal Mesika's Loops, etc., she deserves to be on this list.
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ed rhodes Inner circle Rhode Island 2904 Posts
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On Dec 31, 2010, ELDEMONIO wrote: My wife bought me a DVD set which had been a PBS series; "Grand Illusions - The Story of Magic." Part Five of the second disk is "Women Conjurors - From the pioneering greats to the headliners of today." ("Today" being before 1998 when the series was made.) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0247385/
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Churken2 New user 67 Posts
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Tina Lenert has contributed a great deal to our art.
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WitchDocChris Inner circle York, PA 2616 Posts
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Wow. I had not seen this thread previously and that is, on the surface, disappointing to read. Is there more context to Giobbi's quote?
It's been said many times in this thread and others - the magic "fraternity" (ahem) isn't very lady friendly. I am not surprised that women don't participate much - why would they want to put up with constant awkward/sexist/creepy comments? They get that enough everywhere else in the world, why put it up with it in their hobby/professional life as well? I suspect the vast majority simply choose not to participate in the community and forge their own paths. My wife and I perform a partner sideshow act. We both write material, we both develop acts and help each other improve them. She's the Indestructible Lady (Basically a strong woman act) and we frequently have mothers tell us how inspiring she is to their daughters. While I have a lot of hope for the generation(s) which are coming into magic currently, I feel we have a long, long way to go until women are even remotely treated equally in magic. Which has always disappointed me - This really should be a merit driven community. If you're a good performer, you're a good performer. Gender has nothing to do with that.
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ed rhodes Inner circle Rhode Island 2904 Posts
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The problem is; no matter what we present, someone like this guy would say; “Yes, But was it groundbreaking?”
In my opinion, Mllse. Herrmann, in being a female magician who headlined a full evening show, did in fact make a groundbreaking contribution to magic.
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David_MacFarlane New user 53 Posts
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How many men have made groundbreaking contributions to magic in the last two centuries? I think this disagreement all hinges on what people mean by "groundbreaking" and/or whether that word was omitted in the original post. People seem to me to be answering the question, "Who are some very talented female magicians?" or "Which female magicians have made important, novel contributions to magic?" Neither of which seem to me to be the same question. Now, I'm far, far from being a magic historian, but if I were asked how many male magicians had made "groundbreaking" contributions to magic in the last two centuries, I might say 20.
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David_MacFarlane New user 53 Posts
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On Jan 31, 2013, Melies wrote: You do a real disservice to Hitchens' essay, which, despite it's provocative title did not claim that there weren't very funny and talented women. Hitchens referenced numerous funny women in his essay. His point, as I understood it, was that humour plays a very different role in life for men and women, that being funny, able to entertain a women and demonstrate evolutionarily desirable intelligence thru wit, was a necessary ability for men. The essay is here... https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2007/01/hitchens200701 |
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Poor dini New user Lancaster 60 Posts
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Dorothy Dietrich has contributed not only a massive amount to escapology; but also a ton to the preservation of Houdini memorabilia (she owns the Houdini museum) but the also the history of magic. Gay blackstone hand crafted the “infamous” magician’s “m” ring (I could be wrong on that, but I’m 99% sure)
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DaKine Oregon New user Medford, Oregon 50 Posts
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More about Stephanie Kwolek, inventor of Kevlar:
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Forza Azzurri New user 84 Posts
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On Apr 25, 2018, ed rhodes wrote: To make it easier, the timing on the link supplied for "Women Conjurors" starts at 1:54:00 or https://youtu.be/BQRgceYrqAs?t=6840 |
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