Maud Wagner
Wagner learned how to make traditional tattoos. These types of tattoos were made using a needle dipped in ink. The needle was held in the hand, and poked into the skin. Making tattoos in this way took a very long time. The tattoo machine (a machine that makes it easier to make tattoos) was made in 1891, but Wagner did not use it. Later, the Wagners were two of the last tattoo artists to work without tattoo machines. Maud Wagner was the first woman who was known to be a tattoo artist.