Effa Manley, sports executive
March 27, 1897-April 16, 1981
She Loved Baseball: The Effa Manley Story by Audrey Vernick, illustrated by Don Tate, Collins, 2011.
When Effa Manley questioned the status quo, people told her, "That's just the way things are." But that did not set well with Manley and she became a life-long advocate for positive change in her role as a citizen, a woman and the owner of a baseball team.
Visit the Baseball Hall of Fame to read more about its first and only woman inductee, Effa Manley.
