Agency through Otherness: Portraits of Performers in Circus Route Books, 1875-1925 Main Menu Introduction Introduction to the book and information about ways to navigate the content. The American Experiment: Circus in Context Circus performers and American history timeline Routing the Circus: The Things They Carried Circus Routes Map, 1875-1925 Ethnological Congresses and the Spectacle by Rebecca Fitzsimmons Outsiders in Demand: Chinese and Japanese Immigrant Performers by Angela Yon and Mariah Wahl Shattering Gender Roles: Women in the Circus by Elizabeth Harman Side Show Sounds: Black Bandleaders Respond to Exoticism Annexed Circus Musicians by Elizabeth C. Hartman Native Performance and Identity in The Wild West Show by Mariah Wahl Showmen's Rests: The Final Curtain Circus Cemetery Plots by Elizabeth C. Hartman List of Performers Performers covered in this exhibit Bibliography & Further Readings Bibliography and readings for each chapter Acknowledgments Creative Commons License

Mattie Lee Price

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One of several “Georgia Wonder Girls” acts to emerge in the early 1880s, Mattie Lee Price performed under various names, including GAZA, Mysterious Gaza, and Gaza the strong woman. Here she is billed as “The Famous Georgia Magnet.” These acts were part strongwoman, part stage magician, and were often known as “electric” or “magnet” girls. Price performed with numerous shows in Europe and America, including the Walter L. Main circus, various opera house and dime museums, and The Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on Earth,

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  1. The Barnum & Bailey greatest show on earth ... The peerless prodigies of physical phenomena & marvelous living human curiosities