The Most Famous Woman in Baseball: Effa

Presents the fascinating life story of the only female Baseball Hall of Famer; Explores the difficulties of a woman fighting to run a baseball team in the era of Jim Crow; Gives an inside look into the Negro Leagues in the 1940s, at the dawn of baseball integration

Introduction	p. ix
The Lady Makes a Splash	p. 1
The Manleys Come to Baseball	p. 9
Abe Trades Brooklyn for Newark	p. 17
Effa Steps Up	p. 31
Effa Comes Into Her Own	p. 41
Fireworks	p. 55
Cobbling Together a Lineup	p. 69
War Comes to Newark	p. 81
The Eagles Adapt to the War	p. 95
Branch Rickey Drops the Color Bar	p. 115
A Reunited Team	p. 121
Striving for Respectability	p. 133
Effa's Life After the Eagles	p. 149
Epilogue	p. 165
Appendix	p. 169
Acknowledgments	p. 173
Notes	p. 175
Index	p. 213
Suggested Readings	p. 225
About the Author	p. 227
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The Most Famous Woman in Baseball: Effa Manley and the Negro Leagues

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