Rose Flanders Bascom, born in Contoocook (a village of Hopkinton), Merrimack County, New Hampshire, in 1880, was the first American female lion tamer, who performed in the circus in the early 1900s.
Rose Flanders Bascom | |
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| Born | 1880 |
| Died | 1915 |
| Occupation | Lion tamer |
| Spouse | Alfred Bascom |
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In 1898 she married Alfred Bascom who was of French Canadian ancestry but born in the United States. In around 1905, she joined the circus and became a lion tamer. In around 1915, she was clawed by a lion, resulting in an infection that led to her death. She left behind her husband and their young daughter Agnes.[1]
References
edit- ^ "Lion Tamers - Central Michigan University". cmich.edu. Retrieved 27 September 2015.