 The Spanish prohibition against women matadors was said to be motivated more by the possibility they would have to be partially uncovered before the crowd in the event of a cornada (goring) than as a precaution for their safety (this was during the government of Francisco Franco).She intended the final corrida of the 1949 season, in Jaén, Spain, to be the last of her career.She appeared in the ring together with the matadors Manolo Vázquez and Antonio Ordóñez.