Neglected No Extra: Vera Menchik, First Girls’s Chess ChampionOften, as the one lady in a event, she was greeted with skepticism. She as soon as responded by saying that she seemed ahead “to ingesting some males’s blood.”By Gavin Edwards
Supply: NY Times
Overlooked No More: Vera Menchik, First Women’s Chess ChampionOften, as the only woman in a tournament, she was greeted with skepticism. She once responded by saying that she looked forward “to drinking some men’s blood.”By Gavin Edwards
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