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American dancer, teacher and boxer
This article is about the American educator and performer. For the British educator and suffragist, see
Emma Maitland .
Emma Chambers Maitland
Photograph of Emma Chambers Maitland, published in a 1924 newspaper.
Born
Jane Chambers
1893
Virginia
Died March 1975
Massachusetts
Nationality American Occupation(s ) Performer, boxer, teacher Years active 1920s-1950s
Emma Chambers Maitland (1893 – March 1975), born Jane Chambers , was an American dancer, teacher, and boxer.
Early life [ edit ]
Jane Chambers was born near Richmond, Virginia , the daughter of Wyatt Chambers and Cora Chambers. Her parents were sharecroppers , and she had seven brothers.[1] [2] She was educated at a convent school at Rock Castle, Virginia , and qualified as a teacher.[3] She changed her first name when she moved to Washington, D.C. as a young woman.[4]
Chambers was a teacher as a young woman in Virginia. As a widow with a young daughter to support, Maitland moved to Paris .[5] She danced at the Moulin Rouge ,[6] modeled for artists,[7] and did a boxing act with another American performer, Aurelia Wheedlin (or Wheeldin).[8] She became serious about boxing, trained with American boxer Jack Taylor, and toured with Wheedlin in Europe,[9] [10] billed as the world's lightweight female boxing champion.[4] [11] She also boxed in Canada,[12] Cuba and Mexico.[13]
Maitland moved back to the United States in 1926,[14] lived in New York City,[2] and continued performing as a "boxeuse".[15] She appeared (often with Wheedlin) in clubs,[16] in vaudeville [17] and on the New York stage in black revues,[18] including Messin' Around (1929),[19] [20] Change Your Luck (1930),[21] [22] and Fast and Furious (1931).[23] She worked as a bodyguard[24] [25] and taught dance and gymnastics. In her later years she moved to Martha's Vineyard .[4]
Personal life and legacy [ edit ]
Emma Maitland married a Howard University medical student, Clarence Maitland. They had a daughter together in 1917.[26] Clarence Maitland died from tuberculosis within a year of their wedding. She died in early 1975, aged 82.[4] [27]
Maitland donated her papers and souvenirs to the Schomburg Collection at the New York Public Library , in 1943.[7] In 2015, Maitland's former home in Oak Bluffs became a stop on the African American Heritage Trail of Martha’s Vineyard.[4] [28] In 2020, she was the subject of an exhibit at the Martha's Vineyard Museum .[29] [30]
References [ edit ]
^ Weintraub, Elaine (July 18, 2013). "Boxing Her Way to Equality and Justice" . The Vineyard Gazette - Martha's Vineyard News . Retrieved 2020-06-04 .
^ a b c d e Waring, Pat (2015-06-24). "Welcome to the trail, Emma Maitland" . The Martha's Vineyard Times . Retrieved 2020-06-04 .
^ "They're All Off to Show New World Wares to Old World" . Daily News . 1924-10-30. p. 17 . Retrieved 2020-06-04 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Off to Gay Paree" . Baltimore Afro American . October 10, 1924. p. 3 . Retrieved June 3, 2020 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
^ a b "Female Pugilist Gives Records to Library" . The New York Age . 1943-12-18. p. 2 . Retrieved 2020-06-04 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Emma Maitland and Aurelia Wheeldin – 1924" . Women's Boxing Historical Database . Retrieved 2020-06-04 .
^ "Two Plucky American Race Theatrical Girls as they Looked in Milan, Italy" . The Pittsburgh Courier . 1926-10-02. p. 13 . Retrieved 2020-06-04 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Sister Team is in Milan" . Baltimore Afro American . August 8, 1925. p. 4 . Retrieved June 4, 2020 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
^ "Emma Chambers Maitland, African-American Female Boxer in the 1920s and 1930s!" . Girlboxing . 2014-02-07. Retrieved 2020-06-04 .
^ "In Montreal" . Star-Phoenix . 1928-01-09. p. 12 . Retrieved 2020-06-04 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Early, Gerald (2019-01-24). The Cambridge Companion to Boxing . Cambridge University Press. p. 140. ISBN 978-1-108-65103-5 .
^ "Colored Girls Will Film Picture in African Interior" . The Topeka Plaindealer . 1926-09-03. p. 4 . Retrieved 2020-06-04 – via Newspapers.com.
^ " 'Boxeuse' Not Ill" . The Pittsburgh Courier . 1928-07-07. p. 16 . Retrieved 2020-06-04 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Calvin's Weekly Diary of the New York Show World" . The Pittsburgh Courier . 1926-12-11. p. 10 . Retrieved 2020-06-04 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Black and White Show Popular at Orpheum" . The News . 1928-05-08. p. 12 . Retrieved 2020-06-04 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Female Boxers to Feature in New Colored Show" . The Pittsburgh Courier . 1926-12-04. p. 13 . Retrieved 2020-06-04 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Peterson, Bernard L. Jr. (1993-10-25). A Century of Musicals in Black and White: An Encyclopedia of Musical Stage Works By, About, or Involving African Americans: An Encyclopedia of Musical Stage Works By, About, or Involving African Americans . ABC-CLIO. p. 233. ISBN 978-0-313-06454-8 .
^ Mantle, Burns (1929-04-25). " 'Messin' Around', Noisy Sideshow" . Daily News . p. 39 . Retrieved 2020-06-04 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Dietz, Dan (2018-03-29). The Complete Book of 1930s Broadway Musicals . Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 42, 150–152. ISBN 978-1-5381-0277-0 .
^ " 'Change Your Luck' New Colored Show at Cohan Theatre" . Times Union . 1930-06-09. p. 10 . Retrieved 2020-06-04 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Mantle, Burns (1931-09-17). " 'Fast and Furious' Colored Romp" . Daily News . p. 439. Retrieved 2020-06-04 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Dare Ya' to Touch Me!" . Fort Worth Star-Telegram . 1956-05-25. p. 1 . Retrieved 2020-06-04 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Lady Wrestler Guards Woman at Stock Meeting" . St. Louis Post-Dispatch . 1956-05-25. p. 1 . Retrieved 2020-06-04 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Births Reported" . The Washington Post . 1917-04-18. p. 12 . Retrieved 2020-06-04 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Theatrical tidbits" . The Pittsburgh Courier . 1975-03-29. p. 14 . Retrieved 2020-06-04 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Floyd, Alex (June 29, 2015). "Heritage Trail Honors for Emma Maitland" . The Vineyard Gazette - Martha's Vineyard News . Retrieved 2020-06-04 .
^ "Emma Chambers Maitland – Martha's Vineyard Museum" . Archived from the original on 2020-06-04. Retrieved 2020-06-04 .
^ "Exhibit Opening: "Emma Chambers Maitland" " . Martha's Vineyard Museum . Archived from the original on 2020-06-04. Retrieved 2020-06-04 .
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