CARMEN MADRID: Senorita Torera
1934
Scarce original postcard for one of the earliest bullfighting events headlined by Carmen Madrid aka Senorita Torera.
Near fine.
Price: $200.00
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Scarce original postcard for one of the earliest bullfighting events headlined by Carmen Madrid aka Senorita Torera.
Near fine.
Price: $200.00
Unlike her internationally famous predecessor Juanita Cruz, who reluctantly abided by the strict women-only rule of fighting while wearing a skirt, Carmen Madrid and a small group of her female peers at the time (like the Hermanas Palmeño) wore the same full traditional garb donned by their male counterparts. Despite shocking audiences and commentators alike in a society controlled by strict gender roles, these women laid the foundation for change. Spain would not open bullfighting officially to women until forced to do so in 1974 through a Spanish Supreme Court suit brought by the matadora Angela Hernández.
An ephemeral survival, showing a glimpse of female rebellion in the male dominated field of "Toreo" on the cusp of the Spanish Civil War.
Madrid: Emilio Fernandez Garrido, 1934. 5.5" x 3.5". Original photographic postcard. Text in Spanish. Minimal soiling and toning to edges. Crisp.
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