Girl Bullfighter
That there are few jobs a woman can't do nowadays is proved by 22-year-old Conchita pintron, a popular girl bullfighter" from Peru. At 15 she was' Peru's favourite bullfighter. At 17 she went to Mexico and complained that the bulls- were not savage enough. Last year 'she went to Spain anu ofiered to go to England, biit was prevented by (among others) the Royal Society for Prevention of Crueity to Animals. To date she has killed 587 bulls earning at least £400 for each kill. She fights in Spain for £37,000 e year.
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Chronicle (Levin), 8 July 1948, Page 7
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95Girl Bullfighter Chronicle (Levin), 8 July 1948, Page 7
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