I recommend this blog from Strange Company about… well, as (s)he says:
“For me, one of the innumerable joys of the “Illustrated Police News” is that while they did report on a lot of women who were victims of the domestic abuse, robberies, natural disasters and ‘orrible murders that were a staple of this august publication, they balanced this by depicting a remarkable number of kick-ass females who fought their own battles, took no prisoners, and generally raised hell.”
There are copious pics such as this one
The link is here:-
http://strangeco.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/newspaper-clippings-of-day.html?spref=tw
I should know how to link this properly rather than this spit and gaffer tapeĀ version, but go there anyway.
Reblogged this on First Night History.
Thanks again. It reminds me to watch whose toes I’m treading on at my next cotillion — as she might have a gun…