Who is this female shooter?

[Rembrandt]

Prize for the first person who gets it right....(hint: a song was written about her)

 

[GhostlyKarliion]

*** EDIT *** I feel too stupid to even leave it out here, arg

 

[Chicken-Farmer]

Brenda Ann Spencer?

If it's her then she had the song "I don't Like Mondays" written about her. At age 16 she opened fire one Monday morning at her high school from her house accross the street

Chicken-Farmer

 

[Husker1911]

Golda Maier?

 

[Milkmaster]

Annie Oakley?

 

[rickomatic]

Sarah Jane Moore?

 

[Rembrandt]

(clue #2) Not infamous.........a rifle shooter, nearly as famous as Annie Oakley. Woodie wrote a song about her.

 

[esheato]

Belle Starr?

Ed

 

[win71]

Man, she's just barley pretty, must be Lillian Smith

 

[Rembrandt]

(clue #3) Not American.....but was honored for her accomplishments at the Whitehouse by the President of the United States.

 

[esheato]

Oh, I got it now.

Lyudmila Pavlichenko

Ed

 

[redneckrepairs]

Lyudmila Pavlichenko ?

 

[mrsig]

She is in this month's America's 1st Freedom

- Sig

 

[redneckrepairs]

lol i know who she is the ?? was asking if i am right , while i was posting so was esheato .

 

[CajunBass]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyudmila_Pavlichenko

Didn't know the picture, but knew the name.

 

[redneckrepairs]

IMHO every rifleman should know her name , and at least a sketch of her accomplishments as readily as hathcocks . Since i am not real PC she was what i would call a rifleman of the first water .

 

[Rembrandt]

esheato got it.....wins a one year NRA membership for himself or a family member.

Lyudmila Pavlichenko
Greatest female sniper, killed 36 Nazi snipers, 309 confirmed kills, wounded in battle 4 times (2 head injuries from mortars), named "Hero of the Soviet Union", recieved the "Order of Lenin" twice.

 

[esheato]

I'm already a member. I vote to give it away to a kid or a fence sitter. Your choice Rembrandt.

Ed

BTW, Thank you.

 

[Rembrandt]

Esheato....private message me, we'll work out the details. Thanks

Woody Guthrie wrote a song about her, lyrics can be found at this web site... http://www.snipersparadise.com/history/pavlichenk.htm

 

[69cougar]

I'M A FENCE SITTER HEHE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[redneckrepairs]

as the semi simultanious poster for the name , I vote for a deserving kid too . I can afford a years membership , but any kid it would be a worthy gift for . go to it guys .

edited to add:

I had no idea woody wrote a song , did anyone actualy put it to music ? I would like to hear it if its out there .

 

[U.S.SFC_RET]

I recognized her the second I seen her picture LYUDMILA. The dog that went up into space. Just kidding.

 

[MilsurpShooter]

Figures I was at the range when you did this else I woulda jumped. Just picked up a Mosin with a PU arangement and was reading about her on Friday

 

[The Real Wyatt]

Uhm ... Yoko Ono, Twiggy, ah ... Marianne Faithfull, Pat Benetar, Joan Jett ...

Oh wait, the voting is over.

 

[Working Man]

Twiggy?!?!? Twiggy?!?!? That is an Eastern Block face..... there are no Twiggys over there.

At least not by choice.

Where can I find some historical information on her?