The most famous woman in baseball : Effa Manley and the Negro Leagues /

From 1936 to 1948, Manley ran the Negro league Newark Eagles that her husband, Abe, owned for roughly a decade. ... Not only a story of Manley's influence on the baseball world, The Most Famous Woman in Baseball vividly documents her social activism. Her life played out against the backdrop of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Luke, Bob (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, [2011]
Edición:First edition.
Temas:
Manley, Effa, > 1897-1981.
Newark Eagles (Baseball team) > History.
Newark Eagles (Baseball team)
Negro leagues > History.
Baseball > United States > History.
Baseball team owners > United States > Biography.
Women baseball team owners > United States > Biography.
African American business enterprises.
Ligues des Noirs (Base-ball) > Histoire.
Base-ball > Femmes propriétaires d'équipes > États-Unis > Biographies.
Entreprises noires américaines.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Baseball > History.
Baseball.
Baseball team owners.
Negro leagues.
Women baseball team owners.
United States.
Biographies.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The lady makes a splash
  • The Manleys come to baseball
  • Abe trades Brooklyn for Newark
  • Effa steps up
  • Effa comes into her own
  • Fireworks
  • Cobbling together a lineup
  • War comes to Newark
  • The Eagles adapt to the war
  • Branch Rickey drops the color bar
  • A reunited team
  • Striving for respectability
  • Effa's life after the Eagles.

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