Old Newspapers that mention Female Fighting from the 1800's

I was doing a search through Google and checking various keywords like "catfight" and "female wrestling" and "female fighting" and on and on and on.

Didn't come up with much from the past, but did come up with a couple of links to share of small newspaper clips of interest.

The first one is from a publication called the "Nelson Evening Mail" and it is dated May 8th 1880!
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=NEM18800508.2.20

At the link above, scroll down the page until you get to the headline that reads:
"A Female Fight"

The 2nd link here is from a publication called the "Wanganui Herald" and it is dated August 10th 1889!
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=WH18890810.2.17

At the link above the writer briefly describes a female fight that took place.

Both articles confirm one thing.    They liked female fighting back in the 1800's just like they do today!

Who in their right mind doesn't love a good catfight?

Meow!