November 11, 1887
Pugilists in Petticoats: Hattie Stewart Challenges Hattie Leslie for Recognition as the True Female John L. Sullivan
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