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          Her name is Maud Wagner.

        1. Her name is Maud Wagner.
        2. Maud Stevens Wagner was born in , in Lyon County, Kansas.
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        4. Maud Wagner, an aerialist and contortionist, became the first famous female tattoo artist after meeting her husband, tattoo artist Gus Wagner.
        5. A self-taught pioneer, Maud began her career in the early s, learning the art of tattooing from her husband.

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          Maud Wagner

          American circus performer

          Maud Wagner

          Maud Wagner in c. 1907

          Born

          Maud Stevens


          (1877-02-12)February 12, 1877

          Emporia, Kansas, U.S.

          DiedJanuary 30, 1961(1961-01-30) (aged 83)

          Lawton, Oklahoma, U.S.

          Known forFirst female tattoo artist in the United States
          SpouseGus Wagner
          Children2

          Maud Stevens Wagner (née Stevens; February 12, 1877 – January 30, 1961) was an American circus performer.

          She was the first known female tattoo artist in the United States.

          Life and career

          Wagner was born in 1877, in Emporia, Kansas, to David Van Bran Stevens and Sarah Jane McGee.[1]

          Wagner was an aerialist and contortionist, working in numerous traveling circuses.

          She met Gus Wagner—a tattoo artist who described himself as "the most artistically marked up man in America" while traveling with circuses and sideshows—at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition (World's Fair) in 1904, where she was working as an aerialist.