Global Museum on Nostr: Jaguarina, real name Ella Hattan, dressed in armor, and holding her broadsword and ...

Jaguarina, real name Ella Hattan, dressed in armor, and holding her broadsword and helmet. One of the greatest swordswomen of the #Victorian era, Hattan defeated more than sixty men (half of them fencing masters) on foot and horseback, mostly with the broadsword. She was also proficient with the foil, rapier, dagger, Bowie knife, and in pugilism, having more than once having had fought off a male attacker in the street. #martialarts