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Ronda Rousey Alphabet; B

Beijing

2004 Junior Judo World Championships

“…I asked members of the USA coaching staff wheter my opponent was right - or left-handed so I could plan my first exchange. Each time, I was told, “I don’t know. I wasn’t paying attention to her, I was watching you.”.

This time, I didn’t ever bother asking, I launched right into warming up with Lillie.

“Wait a minute,” my appointed coach said, watching us. “You’re left-handed?”

My mouth dropped.

“Wait a minute, the only reason that you told me that you couldn’t tell me wether these girls were left-or right-handed is because you were busy watching me and you don’t even know that I’m left-handed?”

I walked away in total disgust. Across the mat, I saw my opponent’s coach giving her instruction. He looked at her and tapped his left hand, indicating that I was a left-handed fighter. […] I had had enough, and this girl was gonna pay”

[…] I slammed the girl from China to win the final. The entire match took four seconds.[…]

fuforthought

vawnn

Great promotional video by UFC to showcase their women fighters.

coolkidsofhistory

Miss America of Aviation, Ruth Elder, 1929.

merelybeing

schweizercomics

Last year I did a few write-ups and drawings about some lady fighters from history who fought openly as their gender (there are plenty of disguised-as-a-man soldiers and plenty of trans soldiers, but those are outside the scope of this series). This is by no means an exhaustive list; there were plenty of great figures that my schedule didn’t permit me to tackle (at least not yet). But as Women’s History Month gets started tomorrow, I thought y’all might enjoy reading about some of history’s toughest broads.