Auteur gaat in op de representatie van vrouwelijke judoka's in de Verenigde Staten gedurende de periode 1965-1979. Auteur gebruikte hiervoor artikelen uit Black Belt, één van de oudste periodieke publicaties over vechtsporten in de Verenigde Staten. Doel van dit artikel is bij te dragen aan een beter begrip van de historische processen van genderuitsluiting in sport, en de representatie van vrouwelijke atletes in de geschreven pers en de deelname van vrouwen in 'mannelijke' sporten.
Married women’s independent nationality was the biggest issue among feminists in and around the League of Nations for most of the 1930s. The international feminist campaign for independent nationality for wives began in 1930, in connection with a League sponsored legal conference in The Hague. It then moved to the League of Nations itself, as feminist activists descended on Geneva to try and halt ratification of the conference findings. Although they failed, the issue remained alive into and through the early years of the United Nations, where independent nationality for women regardless of marital status ultimately was achieved. This contribution will recount the interwar history of this feminist project, focusing on the international dimension of this campaign, and highlighting in particular forgotten key actor(s) from the Americas and the Easts.