Came across this today and thought of y'all~

Boiling_Rock · 2020-10-20T02:33:37+00:00

On her visit to the USA, Lyudmila Pavlichenko, the most successful female sniper in recorded history, having served in the Red Army during WWII, was welcomed by mockery from men who had never even seen a gun, let alone fought against oppression, racism and the human right to live, whatever one's religion or ethnic background.

They mocked the skirts she wore, telling her American women wore them shorter. They mocked the military uniform she wore, telling her it made her look fat. They asked her whether she regularly wore make-up when going out to do her duty by humanity. She was left dumbfounded by the frivolity of their questions.

And answered them:

"Gentlemen, I am 25 years old and I have killed 309 fascist invaders by now. Don't you think, gentlemen, that you have been hiding behind my back for too long?"

dragonsanddinosawers · 2020-10-19T23:16:20+00:00

I'm almost mad about the auto-mod. I didn't get to read the whole trash response about "keeping my utter bullshit away from gay subs which..." 🤣

I remember learning about Annie Oakley as a kid from my Dad. I tend to forget about her until something like this pops up. I didn't go fact checking her quote but the original post was from the page from the National Women's History Museum.

elainejay82 · 2020-10-20T00:05:37+00:00

I love her. I tried to buy a style of gun that she was famous for using. 🤩

Gourmay · 2020-10-20T00:45:08+00:00

Reminds me of this interview of Taylor Swift in which she pointed out exactly that: that men will write songs about exes and it's normal, but her songwriting is seen as a "trick".

CoffeeBeforeAdulty · 2020-10-20T15:07:57+00:00

I saw 15 comments but only counted 10. Yeah, lurkers got salty. 😂

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