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A Kansas girl ran off to join the circus and changed the tattoo world
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PUBLISHEDSep 16, 2026, 9:00 AM
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One of the country's first known female tattoo artists was born on a Kansas farm. Maud Stevens Wagner ran off to join the circus and later became a tattoo legend. (Image credit: Library Of Congress Prints And Photographs Division)
Main source: NPR
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