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This is a list of female bullfighters who are notably participating, or have in the past participated, in bullfighting. Women in bullfighting has been traced to the sport's earliest renditions in Spain , namely during the late-1700s and early-1800s.
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Bullfighters. It includes bullfighters that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "Female bullfighters"
Marta Martina García (Spanish: [maˈɾia maɾˈtina ɣaɾˈθia]; 25 July 1814 [1] – 27 July 1882) was a 19th-century Spanish bullfighter known as "Lagartijo mujeril" ("Womanly Lizard") or "La Martina". [2] She dominated all types of bullfighting, and stood out for being one of the few women bullfighters in her time who fought bulls ...
Cintrón walked calmly away from the bull and was arrested as she left the ring, for violating the law banning women from fighting on foot. With the audience on the verge of rioting in protest of her arrest, the regional governor pardoned her and she was released. It was one of the most dramatic moments in bullfighting history.
Cristina Sánchez de Pablos (born 20 February 1972) is a Spanish bullfighter who gained prominence during the 1990s for being one of the first female bullfighters. [1] She is the first woman to complete her alternativa in Europe. [1]
Pope Francis's weekly general audience at the Vatican on Wednesday was briefly interrupted by two women from an animal rights group, who shouted and held up signs against bullfighting. The women ...
Bullfighting is a physical contest that involves a bullfighter attempting to subdue, immobilize, or kill a bull, usually according to a set of rules, guidelines, or cultural expectations. There are several variations, including some forms which involve dancing around or leaping over a cow or bull or attempting to grasp an object tied to the ...
"Bullfighting involves an extreme violence for childhood,” Gehad Madi, a member of the U.N.'s Committee for the Rights of the Child, told Spain's El Diario newspaper at the time. "Not only child ...