Agency through Otherness: Portraits of Performers in Circus Route Books, 1875-1925Main MenuThe American Experiment: Circus in ContextCircus performers and American history timelineRouting the Circus: The Things They CarriedCircus Routes Map, 1875-1925Ethnological Congresses and the Spectacleby Rebecca FitzsimmonsOutsiders in Demand: Chinese and Japanese Immigrant Performersby Angela Yon and Mariah WahlShattering Gender Roles: Women in the Circusby Elizabeth HarmanSide Show Sounds: Black Bandleaders Respond to ExoticismAnnexed Circus Musicians by Elizabeth C. HartmanNative Performance and Identity in The Wild West Showby Mariah WahlShowmen's Rests: The Final CurtainCircus Cemetery Plots by Elizabeth C. HartmanList of PerformersPerformers covered in this exhibitBibliography & Further ReadingsBibliography and readings for each chapterAcknowledgementsAngela Yon72f2fd7a28c88ceeba2adcf2c04fee469904c6f1
Mlle. Zittella, English circus performer, strongwoman, singer and burlesque entertainer, San Francisco, circa 1880
12021-04-09T12:56:24-07:00Angela Yon72f2fd7a28c88ceeba2adcf2c04fee469904c6f1382941Citation Pageplain2021-04-09T12:56:24-07:00Angela Yon72f2fd7a28c88ceeba2adcf2c04fee469904c6f1Footlight Notes. "Mlle. Zittella, English circus performer, strongwoman, singer and burlesque entertainer, San Francisco, circa 1880". 2013. https://footlightnotes.wordpress.com/2013/01/17/cabinet-photograph-of-mlle-zittella-zittella/
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12021-03-25T06:02:57-07:00Zitella Jane (Green) Flynn13Biographyplain10642852021-04-29T14:22:42-07:00Known as a well-rounded artist, Zitella performed in many different acts from burlesque to comedy to being in an acrobatic troupe.17 In the circus route books collection, she is often listed as a singer or sketch artist, and a male impersonator. The latter title is likely related to her work as a strong woman, reinforcing the fact that it was not ‘acceptable’ for women to have strength equal or greater to that of men.
