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Things I like: suffragettes, war workers, factory girls, socialites who got stuff done, ladies who ruled countries, and women who changed the world, even if it was just a little bit. Click on photos for sources.

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Jasna Šekarić has competed in every Summer Olympics since 1988.  Despite never changing her nationality, she has competed under four flags: Yugoslavia, Independent Olympic Participants, Serbia & Montenegro, and now just Serbia.  Jasna has won one gold and three silver medals in the 25 m pistol and one bronze medal in the 10 m pistol.

Jasna Šekarić has competed in every Summer Olympics since 1988.  Despite never changing her nationality, she has competed under four flags: Yugoslavia, Independent Olympic Participants, Serbia & Montenegro, and now just Serbia.  Jasna has won one gold and three silver medals in the 25 m pistol and one bronze medal in the 10 m pistol.

Jean Yocum, George Washington University co-ed, has won the Women’s Individual Intercollegiate Rifle Championship, according to the National Rifle Association. Her score of 496 out of a possible 500 gave the individual title to a G.W. girl for the first time since 1929. Although this is only Miss Yocum’s second year of shooting, she has maintained an average of 99 out of a possible 100 in all matches, 4-6-39

Jean Yocum, George Washington University co-ed, has won the Women’s Individual Intercollegiate Rifle Championship, according to the National Rifle Association. Her score of 496 out of a possible 500 gave the individual title to a G.W. girl for the first time since 1929. Although this is only Miss Yocum’s second year of shooting, she has maintained an average of 99 out of a possible 100 in all matches, 4-6-39

Minneapolis Park Board girls rifle team, circa 1920.

Minneapolis Park Board girls rifle team, circa 1920.

Middle Tennessee State University Raiderette Rifle Team, 1959.

Middle Tennessee State University Raiderette Rifle Team, 1959.

Harriet Hammond (pictured) was an employee of gunpowder manufacturer E. I. du Pont de Nemours.  In 1913, she organized the Nemours Gun Club, the first women’s shooting club in the US.  Members of the club practiced trapshooting, a form of competitive clay pigeon shooting.  They were granted use of the company’s trapshooting area just one afternoon a week so as to not interfere with the men’s practice.  Despite their much more limited opportunities for practice, the women were able to out shoot the men in company competitions. In 1915, E. I. du Pont de Nemours produced a brochure entitled Diana of the Traps explaining how other clubs could replicate the success of Harriet’s club. Trapshooting was described as both feminine and primal, a sport that women could engage in to fulfill their hunting instinct while wearing more attractive clothing than those required for traditional hunting.  Further benefits were strengthened marital bonds for couples who shot together and a reduction in anxiety.

Harriet Hammond (pictured) was an employee of gunpowder manufacturer E. I. du Pont de Nemours.  In 1913, she organized the Nemours Gun Club, the first women’s shooting club in the US.  Members of the club practiced trapshooting, a form of competitive clay pigeon shooting.  They were granted use of the company’s trapshooting area just one afternoon a week so as to not interfere with the men’s practice.  Despite their much more limited opportunities for practice, the women were able to out shoot the men in company competitions.

In 1915, E. I. du Pont de Nemours produced a brochure entitled Diana of the Traps explaining how other clubs could replicate the success of Harriet’s club. Trapshooting was described as both feminine and primal, a sport that women could engage in to fulfill their hunting instinct while wearing more attractive clothing than those required for traditional hunting.  Further benefits were strengthened marital bonds for couples who shot together and a reduction in anxiety.