Irene Woodward, the Only Tattooed Lady

A rival tattooed lady emerged only weeks later, named irene woodward. Irene had been covered from neck to ankles in interlocking tattoos by a protegeof martin hildebrandd's name sam o'reilley. Her youth and beauty provided the same titillating contrast that had horrified them in the case of olive oatman. As she was married to a professional promoter, theym got gigs all over europe, including royal courts and before heads of state. At the end of her career, as she was travelling back to the united states for her retirement,. she boasted that there were 38 wax figures of her in museums and galleries throughout Europe. And perhaps that