Vulcana Statistics
The Irish strongwoman Miriam Kate Roberts ("Miss Vulcana") lived in England
and appeared on stage with acrobatic and power exercises and sometimes
participated in circus wrestling. At the age of 30 she had the following
anthropometrical data: height - 5'7"; weight - 161Lbs;
the following circumferences: chest - 3'6", waist - 2'3", biceps - 1'3",
thighs - 2'1", forearm - 1', neck - 1'3". She was able to lift a weight
181Lbs by one arm. One of her personal records was twisting (press with
substantial body deviation) by one hand - 130Lbs.
She performed power acts very easily and gracefully. There are many
legends about Vulcana's exploits. One story tells how dressed up Kate
broke into a brawl between two drunk marines in a London restaurant.
Allegedly, she seized the both scrappers by the collar and
tossed them to the sides. One brawler disliked that and having risen
from the floor pounced on Kate with fists. What the surprise was for
everyone after the dressed up lady grabbed him by hand and twisted it
so intense that he stuck to the floor by his nose. Another
legendary incident happened on a circus show in Bristol when volunteers
were called to wrestle a local male wrestler. Being incognito among spectators
Miss Vulcana dressed as an ordinary woman volunteered for the wrestling. The
wrestler was embarrassed and attempted to refuse but the audience demanded the
match so zealously that the circus owner ordered him to go and to pretend wrestling.
However, unexpectedly the femininely looking woman grabbed the luckless wrestler by
waist, threw him over her head and dropped to the mat remaining on foot.
Vulcana wrestled rarely but if she did, she wrestled with men only in order to
demonstrate physical advantage of a woman. Her favorite technique was arm-twisting
which worked smoothly. Once being a fourteen-year-old girl on a Bristol street,
she noticed a cab with a woman and a baby being dragged by a rabid horse. Kate
rushed toward the horse and hung on the reins. Passers-by helped and the cab was stopped.
When a pickpocket tried to rob her, she just squeezed firmly his hand and took the unlucky
uncomplaining guy to a police precinct. "You can give a hand to such a woman (get married)"
the criminal said. However, he would better not to say that because Miss Vulcana didn't
understand the double entendre and immediately recalled her lawsuit in exchange with his
hand and heart. That's how the offender became an aggrieved party and was "suffering" for
full twenty years� Vulcana was the first woman who proved advantage of women over men,
and her maxims regarding women's power was used by feminists.
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She performed power acts very easily and gracefully. There are many
legends about Vulcana's exploits. One story tells how dressed up Kate
broke into a brawl between two drunk marines in a London restaurant.
Allegedly, she seized the both scrappers by the collar and
tossed them to the sides. One brawler disliked that and having risen
from the floor pounced on Kate with fists. What the surprise was for
everyone after the dressed up lady grabbed him by hand and twisted it
so intense that he stuck to the floor by his nose. Another
legendary incident happened on a circus show in Bristol when volunteers
were called to wrestle a local male wrestler. Being incognito among spectators
Miss Vulcana dressed as an ordinary woman volunteered for the wrestling. The
wrestler was embarrassed and attempted to refuse but the audience demanded the
match so zealously that the circus owner ordered him to go and to pretend wrestling.
However, unexpectedly the femininely looking woman grabbed the luckless wrestler by
waist, threw him over her head and dropped to the mat remaining on foot.Vulcana wrestled rarely but if she did, she wrestled with men only in order to demonstrate physical advantage of a woman. Her favorite technique was arm-twisting which worked smoothly. Once being a fourteen-year-old girl on a Bristol street, she noticed a cab with a woman and a baby being dragged by a rabid horse. Kate rushed toward the horse and hung on the reins. Passers-by helped and the cab was stopped. When a pickpocket tried to rob her, she just squeezed firmly his hand and took the unlucky uncomplaining guy to a police precinct. "You can give a hand to such a woman (get married)" the criminal said. However, he would better not to say that because Miss Vulcana didn't understand the double entendre and immediately recalled her lawsuit in exchange with his hand and heart. That's how the offender became an aggrieved party and was "suffering" for full twenty years� Vulcana was the first woman who proved advantage of women over men, and her maxims regarding women's power was used by feminists.
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