Abstract
This article publishes Erinnerungsblätter aus meinem Leben, the 1934 memoir of German equestrian Therese Renz (1859–1938), in English for the first time. Pages of Remembrance brings English language circus scholars into the memories and perspectives of a woman who toured Europe and the United States during the height of the Victorian circus. It provides poignant glimpses into the restlessness and rigorous training of her teen years, as well as her tenacity as a solo performer later in life. Additional archival evidence is analyzed to situate Renz’s 1905–1906 US tour with her ‘White Lady’ performance within the nation’s developing racial formation, arguing that it contributed to vaudeville’s white supremacist optics.
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