Juana Cruz

That afternoon, Cruz cut two ears and two tails, and given her success, she did a repeat performance on Easter Sunday, this time alternating with Manolete and "El bebé Chico".

[2] She kept on, making the most of permission that had been granted her, and with Domingo Dominguín's backing; he contracted her to fight bulls in Murcia, Málaga, Albacete and Antequera, among other places, and she closed the season with a total of 33 bullfights.

Cruz's legal battle in these first few years was arduous; in 1934, she appealed to Articles 2 and 33 of the Constitution of the Republic, which safeguarded the equality of the sexes before the law and the freedom to choose one's profession, respectively.

In 1935, Cruz fought a total of 45 bullfights in Spain and France, standing out in the one held on 5 May in Granada, where she alternated with Joselito de la Cal and Antoñete Iglesias.

With the coming of Francoism, the Sindicato del Espectáculo ("Entertainment Union") reformed the standards and once again forbade women to fight bulls; therefore, Cruz was forced to keep on developing her professional career in the New World until 12 November 1944, when she suffered two serious gorings at the Santamaría Bullring in Bogotá, and her physical faculties were severely affected.

Cruz died in Madrid, as a result of an old heart wound, on 18 May 1981, and she was buried at the Cementerio de la Almudena beneath a lovely mausoleum, which is sculptor Luis Sanguino's work.