Adelaide Herrmann, the wife of Alexander Herrmann, America’s
foremost magician of the late 19th-century, was one of the first
women to be fired from a cannon. She was also the first woman to
perform with an old-fashioned high-wheeled bicycle. In addition,
she was an accomplished dancer in her husband’s show, and after
his death she toured the world for almost 30 years with her own
spectacular magic act.