Johnnie Mae Young was an American professional wrestler, trainer and promoter. She wrestled throughout the United States and Canada and won multiple titles in the National Wrestling Alliance. Young is considered one of the pioneers in women's wrestling as she helped to increase the popularity of the sport throughout the 1940s and during World War II. In 1954, she and Mildred Burke were among the first female competitors to tour post-war Japan.
Young in 2001
Young in 1943
Mae Young with Bruno Sammartino during a Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame event in 2012
Image: Mae Young Graveplot
Mary Lillian Ellison was an American professional wrestler, promoter and trainer better known by her ring name The Fabulous Moolah.
Moolah in 1970
Moolah with the NWA World Women's Championship
Moolah stands at a turnbuckle in 1975
Ellison's gravestone in Columbia, South Carolina