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Nick, Chango, and guest Heidi Howitzer continue their discussion about the life of Mildred Burke.
Part two covers her legal fights against Billy Wolfe and the NWA, her legitimate shoot wrestling match against June Byers, and Mildred leading the first all women wrestling tour in Japan!
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Source Material:
-Sisterhood of the Squared Circle: The History and Rise of Women's Wrestling
by Pat Laprade and Dan Murphy
-Queen of the Ring: Sex, Muscles, Diamonds, and the making of an American Legend
by Jeff Leen
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