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Hattie Leslie (allegedly born Libbie Spahn; November 14, 1868 – September 28, 1892) was an American female boxer who fought against Alice Leary in the first US bout in 1888 in Buffalo. Hattie Leslie and Hattie Stewart were known as the "Female John L. Sullivan ".
Jan 22, 2011 · Hattie Stewart, sometimes nick-named the female John L. Sullivan, was a well-known female boxer of the very late 1800s. She traveled throughout the boxing clubs and theaters of the United States, boxing both women and men. By 1925 she had married Thomas Gillen, an actor and former boxer himself, and was living in the Bronx, New York.
Hattie Stewart is an illustrator and artist. She is best known for a technique called 'doodle-bombs', where she illustrates over magazine covers. Life and career. A native of Colchester, [1] Stewart studied illustration at Kingston University, from which she graduated in 2010, and is now based in London, United Kingdom. [2]
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ANNA Lewis, according to the Police Gazette, said the following: “No woman did more to popularize FEMALE BOXING than Anna Lewis. It was she who originated the challenge for the first Championship match. She met Hattie Stewart (question is this Hattie Leslie) on April 14, 1884. She lost the fight.
Aug 26, 2016 · According to the Cincinnati Enquirer, Hattie was "a boxer of unusual ability and has knocked out pretty fair fighters in practicing with them." On September 16, 1888, Hattie boxed Alice...
Hattie Stewart was one boxer who plied the boards in the era. She and another fighter named Hattie Leslie were both known as the “ Female John L. Sullivan.” The never did meet in combat, though they called each other out in the boxing press.
Apr 19, 2016 · This study attempts to rectify the invisibility of female boxers and to narrow a research gap by examining the careers of four prominent female champions who managed to excel in the sport despite...
