Careful with that axe Eugenia

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 tape  version, but go there anyway.