Pearl Hart (born Pearl Taylor; 1871 – December 30, 1955) was a Canadian-born outlaw of the American Old West. She committed one of the last recorded stagecoach robberies in the United States, and her crime gained notoriety primarily because of her gender.

2021年10月30日 · Pearl Hart was arrested after robbing a stagecoach and became a celebrity. But that was never an option, not after the events of May 30, 1899.

Pearl Hart, a petite and attractive young girl, would become one of the only female stagecoach robbers in the American West and a celebrity in her own right. Born as Pearl Taylor of French descent in Lindsay, Ontario, Canada, she was one of several children brought up in a respectable middle-class family and received a good education.

2021年11月11日 · For although Pearl Hart was the West’s most notorious woman bandit, her true story has long been lost in the mists of the past. Her personal history is thoroughly obscured by legends, many of them created by Pearl herself.

2024年5月1日 · A cross-dressing, cigar-smoking outlaw, Pearl Hart became a media sensation after she robbed a stagecoach, cementing her place as one of Arizona’s most notorious bandits. Public domain Pearl Hart happily posed for photographs while in prison, donning men’s clothes and brandishing guns.

2021年11月10日 · She got her chance for fifteen minutes of fame following a bungled stagecoach robbery on May 29 th, 1899. An adoring eastern press dubbed her the “Girl Bandit,” and chastised the callused Arizona judicial system for putting such a pretty young lady behind bars in the notorious Yuma Territorial Prison.

2020年5月11日 · Pearl Hart's story is a fascinating reminder that even a life of privilege can't suppress the desire for adventure. Born into wealth and religious conservatism in 1871, she defied Victorian norms, trading her pampered Canadian upbringing for a thrilling, rebellious path.

2009年11月16日 · The amateur bandit Pearl Hart and her boyfriend hold up an Arizona stagecoach on May 30, 1899. Little is known about Pearl Hart’s early life.

754: Pearl Hart. Stagecoach Robber and Bandit Queen of Arizona. Born: 13 November 1871, Ontario, Canada. Died: 28 December 1956, Arizona, United States of America. Pearl was raised in a well-to-do middle-class family in her native Canada.

2016年12月10日 · One of the legendary figures of the Old West is the female outlaw Pearl Hart. Her fame was due to her gender: a notorious woman bandit during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, she committed the only female stagecoach robbery in the United States.