Lady Death's Legacy

Lyudmila Pavlichenko killed 309 Nazis. Hollywood tried to turn her into a joke,

but the Soviets called her Lady Death, the most lethal female sniper in

history. When she toured America in 1942 to rally support, reporters focused on

superficialities, asking about her uniform making her hips look fat. She shut them

down cold, declaring she had killed 309 fascists and they should be less curious

about her skirt length. Eleanor Roosevelt became her only ally, taking her on

a real tour where Lyudmila spoke truth about the war. Meanwhile,

American media still obsessed over her lipstick. She returned home, training hundreds more