This is a list of female bullfighters who are notably participating, or have in the past participated, in bullfighting. Women in bullfighting has been traced to the sport's earliest renditions in Spain, namely during the late-1700s and early-1800s. Spanish painter

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first depicted a female bullfighter in his

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work ''La Pajuelera'', which featured a woman sparring with a bull on horseback in 1816. During the

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of the 1930s, women were forced to exile in other

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and the United States in order to continue bullfighting. In

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– along with many countries in

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and Asia – women were banned from the sport. They were banned from bullfighting in Spain until 1974, and in Japan until 2018. Women had difficulty completing their ''alternativa'', a ceremony where a bullfighter becomes a

matador A bullfighter (or matador) is a performer in the activity of bullfighting. ''Torero'' () or ''toureiro'' (), both from Latin ''taurarius'', are the Spanish and Portuguese words for bullfighter and describe all the performers in the activit ...

, during the 1980s due to the social pressures of the decade. Spanish bullfighter Cristina Sánchez was the first woman matador in Europe, gaining full status in 1996.

Female bullfighters

* Joaquina Ariza Genir (La Algabeña) * Maribel Atienzar * Isabel Beniers * Teresa Bolsi *

Conchita Cintrón Concepción Cintrón Verrill, also known as Conchita Cintrón or La Diosa de Oro ('The Golden Goddess') (August 9, 1922 in Antofagasta – February 17, 2009 in Lisbon), was a Chile-born Peruvian torera (female bullfighter), perhaps the most ...

Nicolasa Escamilla Nicolasa Escamilla known as La Pajuelera (fl. 1747 – fl. 1776) was a Spanish bullfighter.Feiner, Muriel (1995). «La mujer en elos toros hasta el siglo XVIII». La mujer en el mundo del toro. Madrid: Alianza Editorial. pp. 38–39. . OCLC 36033 ...

(La Pajuelera) * Mari Fortes Roca * Angela Hernandez * Elena Gayral *

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(Rosarillo de Colombia) *

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American Female bullfighters

* Bette Ford * Patricia McCormick

French Female bullfighters

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* Marie Sara

Mexican Female bullfighters

Lupita López Lupita López (born Blanca Guadalupe López Maldonado; October 13, 1978) is a Mexican bullfighter and ''matador''. Born in Mérida, Yucatán, Lopez has been reported as deciding to be a bullfighter when she was eleven years old. She became a ''ma ...

Hilda Tenorio Hilda Eliana Tenorio Patiño (born June 11, 1986) is a Mexican bullfighter and ''matador''. She was the first woman to receive her ''alternativa'' in the Plaza de Toros México, the largest bullring in the world, aged 24. Tenorio completed her ...

Portuguese Female bullfighters

* Sónia Matias *

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* Ana Batista * Ana Rita * Joana Andrade

Spanish Female bullfighters

* Conchi Ríos * Cristina Sánchez * Juana Cruz * Alicia Tomás Jiménez (1949-2021).

Swedish Female bullfighters

* Agnes von Rosen

Gallery

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References

External links

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Bullfighters A bullfighter (or matador) is a performer in the activity of bullfighting. ''Torero'' () or ''toureiro'' (), both from Latin ''taurarius'', are the Spanish and Portuguese words for bullfighter and describe all the performers in the activit ...