Written By Christopher Benedict “I like to fight,” exclaimed Hattie Stewart, whose portrait graced a full page of the November 11, 1887 edition of the Police Gazette. Born and raised in Philadelphia, Stewart left little room for doubt from an early age that it was not her lot in life to be a wallflower or
APRIL 14, 1884: Check out THIS female Pioneer Boxer! The article states 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 on April 14, 1884, but lost the fight. LEWIS was a native of Washington
New York Herald: March 8, 1869 – Women’s Boxing An article reprinted in the Chicago Tribune (reprinted March 13, 1869. Boxing Match (prizefight) that took place between two women around 140 years ago. Sally C. Chapman vs. Mary Ann Jones. It took place in Boston and Sally Chapman was declared the winner in the twenty first
WBAN has it our archived files of the hsitory of the sport, an early print of two women in a fighting stance, published January 26, 1776. The name of the piece is called “The Female Combatants” and is listed to be on page 27 of a writing. Fig. 3 – Anonymous cartoon from the Revolutionary
Women in boxing since 1722. In that year, Elizabeth Wilkinson and Hannah (Ann Field) Hyfield advertised they would box in London for 3 guineas; but according to some reports (not all) this match never took place in any event, they did box (barefisted) in 1728) and Wilkinson whose last name is now Stokes – won