Nell Stewart The Marilyn Monroe of Women's Wrestling

by Robert Grey Reynolds Jr

Overview

Nell Stewart was a farmer's daughter from Steele, Alabama. She left a job as a waitress and trained under wrestling veteran Gladys Kill-em Gillem. Nell entered professional wrestling in the late 1940s. The sport was dominated by all-time greats like Mildred Burke, Dot Dotson, Mae Young, and June Byers. Nell was a fresh face and she was a beauty also, with enticing blonde hair and a curvy shape. Her most productive and successful years were between 1952-1957. On one occasion she was the last survivor in a battle royal of seven prominent wrestlers in a Jim Downing promoted 1953 event in Edmonton, Alberta. With June Byers among the women eliminated, it came down to Nell and Ida May Martinez, a wrestler of Latin descent.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940151950848
Publisher:	Robert Grey Reynolds, Jr
Publication date:	06/02/2015
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	1,007,450
File size:	159 KB

About the Author

I am a soon to be retired Duke Medical Center library researcher, who enjoys writing. I have been writing on Wikipedia for years and have begun to write
ebooks. My pastimes include selling books on EBay, genealogical research, baseball (Pittsburgh Pirates), collecting antique furniture and coins, and spending time with Kingsley, my cocker spaniel.